Table A1.

Chen measure of perceived racial discrimination in health care.

How often do you think our health care system treats people unfairly based on what their race or ethnic background is? How often do you think a person’s race or ethnic background affects whether they can get routine medical care when they need it? Is racism a major problem in health care? How often do you think racism occurs when a patient and doctor are of different racial or ethnic backgrounds? How often does racism occur if the patient and doctor are of the same racial or ethnic background? Do you think most African-Americans (Latinos) receive the same quality of health care as whites?a For the average African-American (Latino), how big a problem is being able to afford the cost of health insurance and medical care? For the average African-American (Latino), how big a problem is having enough physicians and other health providers near where they live? For the average African-American (Latino), how big a problem is having difficulty getting care because of their race or ethnic background?

^aItem omitted in this study because of the positive wording (the item measured lack of racial discrimination).