These researchers examined the extent to which perceived provider discrimination explains racial/ ethnic differences in healthcare utilisation and subsequently health status, in a sample of 5642 adults living in the USA, who participated in the 2001 Survey on Disparities in Quality of Health Care. The researchers applied structural equation modelling to evaluate the relationship between perceived provider discrimination, healthcare utilisation, and health status. Significantly higher levels of perceived provider discrimination and poorer health were reported by African Americans, Hispanics and Asians than by non- Hispanic whites. The model revealed poor health to be significantly mediated by two paths: (1) by perceived provider discrimination and (2) by perceived provider discrimination through unmet need for healthcare utilisation.
