Interesting paper from current edition of New England Journal of Medicine:

Peter B. Bach, Hoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, Ramsey C. Tate,and J. Lee
Hargraves (2004) Primary Care Physicians Who Treat Blacks and Whites. New
England Journal of Medicine. 351: 575-584

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/351/6/575

Paper concludes from an analysis of over 150,000 primary care visits that
'black patients and white patients are to a large extent treated by
different physicians. The physicians treating black patients may be less
well trained clinically and may have less access to important clinical
resources than physicians treating white patients.'

See also accompanying editorial: Epstein, A. M. (2004). Health Care in
America -- Still Too Separate, Not Yet Equal. N Engl J Med 351: 603-605

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