Mr. Obama's nomination of Thomas E. Perez, who has racked up record discrimination and housing claims as head of the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, generated criticism from some Senate Republicans who called him a divisive and political choice.
Among 172 male participants, 42% reported a history of criminal record discrimination by healthcare workers.
To our knowledge, criminal record discrimination by healthcare workers has not previously been examined.
Model 1 presents these unadjusted associations as crude odds ratios for criminal record discrimination (Table 2).
Among those reporting criminal record discrimination by healthcare workers, 68% also attributed racial/ethnic discrimination to healthcare workers (p < .001).001
The aims of this study were to describe self-reported criminal record discrimination by healthcare workers, to describe its relationship with racial/ethnic discrimination and to examine the association between criminal record discrimination and healthcare utilization among recently released prisoners.
Though we hypothesized that experiences of criminal record discrimination affect healthcare utilization patterns, we cannot rule out reverse causation, in which greater ED utilization increases exposure to criminal record discrimination.
Recently released prisoners report criminal record discrimination by healthcare workers, and this experience may impact healthcare utilization.
Overall, 42% of participants reported a lifetime history of criminal record discrimination by healthcare workers (Table 1).
Individuals who reported a history of criminal record discrimination by healthcare workers were older and had more extensive incarceration histories.
As with racial/ethnic discrimination, the experience of criminal record discrimination by healthcare workers may foster patients' mistrust, negatively impacting future relationships and communication with healthcare personnel.
