But, what affects bias?
Here are four statistics on political leanings and patient bias among GI physicians:
• Forty-three percent of gastroenterologists who defined themselves as socially conservative but fiscally liberal reported biases
• Around 38 percent of GI physicians who reported being fiscally conservative but socially liberal admitted to patient bias
• Thirty-six percent of gastroenterologists who defined themselves as fiscally and socially liberal reported biases
• Only 23 percent of GI physicians who reported being socially and fiscally conservative admitted to having biases
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