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. 2019 May 24;21(6):794–803. doi: 10.1111/jch.13560

Table 4.

Provider and health care system‐level data for GUARDD participants

Provider‐level All participants (n = 2052)

Quality of communication (mean ± SD)

Range: 0‐100

66.4 ± 15.5

Trust in provider (mean ± SD)

Range: 0‐100

75.6 ± 14.9
Health care system level
Access and use of care
No difficulty getting medical care when needed, n (%) 1673 (81.7)
# of visits with PCP over the past 6 mo (mean ± SD) 2.6 ± 2.9
# of minutes spent at PCP office (mean ± SD) 82.5 ± 56.9
Perceived discrimination in health care, n (%) agreed
Doctors treat African Americans and whites differently 774 (38.7)
Racial discrimination in a doctor's office is common 614 (30.6)
African Americans and whites do not receive the same kind of care in hospitals 1004 (49.9)
African Americans cannot get the care they want as equally as white people can 952 (47.0)

Abbreviations: PCP, primary care provider; SD, standard deviation.