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Thomas A. LaVeist
Researcher at Tulane University
Publications - 175
Citations - 15341
Thomas A. LaVeist is an academic researcher from Tulane University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health equity & Health care. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 166 publications receiving 13460 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas A. LaVeist include University of Maryland, College Park & Texas A&M University.
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Attitudes about Racism, Medical Mistrust, and Satisfaction with Care among African American and White Cardiac Patients
TL;DR: Multivariate analysis found that the perception of racism and mistrust of the medical care system led to less satisfaction with care and when perceived racism and medical mistrust were controlled, race was no longer a significant predictor of satisfaction.
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Race and trust in the health care system.
L. Ebony Boulware,L. Ebony Boulware,Lisa A. Cooper,Lisa A. Cooper,Lloyd E. Ratner,Thomas A. LaVeist,Neil R. Powe +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed responses to a cross-sectional telephone survey to assess the independent relationship of self-reported race (non-Hispanic black or non-Hispanic white) with trust in physicians, hospitals, and health insurance plans.
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Is doctor-patient race concordance associated with greater satisfaction with care?
TL;DR: Support for the continuation of efforts to increase the number of minority physicians, while placing greater emphasis on improving the ability of physicians to interact with patients who are not of their own race is suggested.
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Health disparities and health equity: the issue is justice
Paula Braveman,Shiriki K. Kumanyika,Jonathan E. Fielding,Thomas A. LaVeist,Luisa N. Borrell,Ronald W. Manderscheid,Adewale Troutman +6 more
TL;DR: This definition, grounded in ethical and human rights principles, focuses on the subset of health differences reflecting social injustice, distinguishing health disparities from other health differences also warranting concerted attention, and from health differences in general.
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Health risk and inequitable distribution of liquor stores in African American neighborhood.
TL;DR: The analysis found that liquor stores are disproportionately located in predominantly black census tracts, even after controlling for census tract socioeconomic status.