Patients’ Ethnic and Gender Preference on Endoscopists Could Cause Barriers to CRC Screening

Researchers evaluate whether sex and ethnicity preferences for endoscopists exist among Hispanic patients, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

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Patients were given anonymous questionnaires, which were used to determine demographics as well as sex and ethnic preferences for endoscopists. The study included 438 patients, 44 percent of whom were white and 45 percent of whom were Hispanic.

Results showed that among a Hispanic population, patients often expressed preferences based on sex and ethnicity. Researchers also found first-generation immigrants with ethnicity preference for a primary care provider or sex preference for a endoscopist were very likely to also have an ethnicity preference for the endoscopist.

Read the study about endoscopist preference among a Hispanic population.

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