Decades needed to correct deficits of Black, Hispanic physicians in U.S.
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 6, 2022
Racial and ethnic diversity would improve health care for underserved populations.
It would take decades for the numbers of Black and Hispanic physicians to match the actual demographics of the United States, even if the number of Black and Hispanic medical student doubled consistently.
The study, “The National Deficit of Black and Hispanic Physicians in the U.S. and Projected Estimates of Time to Correction,” noted a continuing representation deficit of Black and Hispanic physicians. So researchers . . .
