Physicians' Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care

• Published in: Health affairs (Millwood, Va.) Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 297 - 12
• Main Authors: Iezzoni, Lisa I, Rao, Sowmya R, Ressalam, Julie, Bolcic-Jankovic, Dragana, Agaronnik, Nicole D, Donelan, Karen, Lagu, Tara, Campbell, Eric G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE 01.02.2021
• Subjects: Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US; Attitude of Health Personnel; Bias; Bone surgery; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disabilities; Disability; Disabled Persons; Health care; Health disparities; Health services; Healthcare Disparities; Humans; Intellectual disabilities; Internal medicine; Medical personnel; Medicine; Mental disorders; Ophthalmology; Orthopedics; Patients; Perception; Perceptions; Physicians; Polls & surveys; Population; Qualitative research; Quality of care; Quality of Life; Response rates; Rheumatology; United States; United States; United States > US; Massachusetts

More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing evidence documents that they experience health care disparities. Although many factors likely contribute to these disparities, one little-studied but potential cause involves physicians' perceptions of people with disabilit...