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Is More Evidence Needed?

Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH; Elizabeth T. Lee-Rey, MD, MPH

JAMA. 2008;300(10):1203-1205.

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Despite 30 years of public and private initiatives to increase physician diversity, the proportion of medical school graduates who are from underrepresented minority (URM) groups has stubbornly remained in the 10% to 15% range.¹ This is at a time when the United States has become more racially and ethnically diverse, with current minorities projected to comprise 54% of the population by 2050.² The justification for URM student diversity is often based on the principles of affirmative action and addressing prior injustices. Indeed, the well-documented history of widespread racism within organized medicine³ and the American Medical Association's apology⁴ is a reminder of how pervasive and tolerated such practices were only a few decades ago.

However, there are other compelling reasons for increasing physician diversity. Most notably, thorough and authoritative reviews link physician diversity with better access and quality health care for underserved . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Departments of Medicine and Health Policy and Management, Center for the Health of Urban Minorities, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York (Dr Carrasquillo); and Department of Family and Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Albert Einstein Hispanic Center of Excellence, Bronx, New York (Dr Lee-Rey).

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