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. 2022 May 19;5(5):e2213080. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13080

Table 2. Personal Experience of Mistreatment and Bias by Patients, Families, or Visitors Once a Year or More Often by Physician Gender and Race/Ethnicity.

Experience Respondents, No. (%)
Male Female
Non-Hispanic Hispanic or Latino (n = 212) Non-Hispanic Hispanic or Latino (n = 157)
White (n = 2307) Black or AA (n = 70) AAPI (n = 354) Indigenous or other (n = 113) ≥2 Races (n = 44) White (n = 1315) Black or AA (n = 111) AAPI (n = 327) Indigenous or other (n = 69) ≥2 Races (n = 56)
Been subjected to
Offensive racially or ethnically remarks 476 (20.7) 40 (57.1) 182 (51.7) 51 (45.1) 18 (41.9) 69 (32.5) 321 (24.4) 61 (55.0) 192 (59.3) 44 (63.8) 28 (50.0) 73 (46.5)
Offensive sexist remarks 361 (15.7) 7 (10.1) 53 (15.1) 15 (13.3) 11 (25.0) 30 (14.2) 716 (54.6) 49 (44.5) 155 (47.7) 39 (56.5) 30 (53.6) 78 (49.7)
Unwanted sexual advances 363 (15.8) 16 (22.9) 39 (11.1) 21 (18.6) 12 (27.3) 42 (19.8) 422 (32.1) 38 (34.5) 87 (26.7) 21 (30.4) 22 (39.3) 40 (25.5)
Offensive remarks related to sexual orientation 197 (8.6) 4 (5.7) 22 (6.3) 9 (8.0) 9 (20.9) 20 (9.4) 173 (13.2) 11 (9.9) 38 (11.7) 16 (23.2) 9 (16.4) 25 (15.9)
Had a patient or his/her family refuse to allow them to provide care because of the physician’s personal attributes 337 (14.7) 31 (44.3) 114 (32.4) 28 (24.8) 16 (37.2) 47 (22.2) 312 (23.8) 42 (37.8) 117 (36.1) 30 (43.5) 18 (32.1) 55 (35.0)
Been physically harmed (eg, hit, slapped, kicked) 348 (15.1) 6 (8.6) 29 (8.2) 18 (15.9) 14 (31.8) 26 (12.3) 247 (18.8) 12 (10.9) 55 (16.8) 11 (15.9) 8 (14.3) 23 (14.6)

Abbreviations: AA, African American; AAPI, Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.