Study examines minority physicians' role in care of underserved patients

Nonwhite physicians cared for 53.5 percent of minority patients and 70.4 percent of non-English speaking patients in an analysis of medical providers and their role in the care of underserved patients, according to a research letter by Lyndonna M. Marrast, M.D., of the Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues. Researchers analyzed data from 7,070 adults in the 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey who identified a medical provider. via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..