Laveist and Nuru-Jeter (A-4) conducted a study to determine if doctor–patient race concordance was associated with greater satisfaction with care. Toward that end, they collected a national sample of African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Asian-American respondents. The following table classifies the race of the subjects as well as the race of their physician: Patient’s Race
Laveist and Nuru-Jeter (A-4) conducted a study to determine if doctor–patient race concordance was associated with greater satisfaction with care. Toward that end, they collected a national sample of African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Asian-American respondents. The following table classifies the race of the subjects as well as the race of their physician:
Patient’s Race
African- Physician’s Race Caucasian American
Hispanic
Asian- American Total
White 779 436
African-American 14 162 15 5 196 Hispanic 19 17 128 2 166 Asian=Pacific-Islander 68 75 71 203 417 Other 3055564145
Total 910 745 676 389 2720 Source: Thomas A. Laveist and Amani Nuru-Jeter, “Is Doctor–Patient Race Concordance Associated with Greater
Satisfaction with Care?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 43 (2002), 296–306.
(a) What is the probability that a randomly selected subject will have an Asian=Pacific-Islander
physician?
(b) What is the probability that an African-American subject will have an African-American physician?
(c) What is the probability that a randomly selected subject in the study will be Asian-American and have an Asian=Pacific-Islander physician?
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