Nearly half reject the idea that patients do better with same-race doctors
Core finding
Skepticism outweighs agreement on whether patients get better outcomes from a doctor of their own racial background: 47% disagree, including 25% who strongly disagree, compared with 16% who agree, according to an October 2024 Verasight survey.
The remaining 37% neither agree nor disagree.
Topline scale
Nearly half reject the idea that patients do better with same-race doctors.
Patients are likely to have a better health outcomes when treated by doctors of the same racial background as themselves.
n = 1,000 · Oct 1–11, 2024 · MoE ±3.4%
Methodology
Full methodology →| Mode | Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting |
|---|---|
| Population | US adults age 18+ |
| Field dates | Oct 1–11, 2024 |
| Base (unweighted) | 1,000 |
| Margin of error | ±3.4% |
| Module | educ_pol |
| Sponsor | Verasight |
| Weight variable | weight |
| Weighting targets | age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status |
Sources
- verasight-apsa-2024.tiiny.co
Patients are likely to have a better health outcomes when treated by doctors of the same racial background as themselves.
Cite this question
Verasight APSA Omnibus Survey #2024-103, fielded October 1-11, 2024, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.4%.