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1. The physician specialists that reported that highest degree of bias — emergency medicine physicians (62 percent), orthopedists (50 percent) and psychiatrists (48 percent) — are among those that have the most direct contact with patients.
2. The physician specialties least likely to report harboring biases toward patients are pathologists (10 percent), cardiologists (22 percent) and radiologists (22 percent).
3. The five patient characteristics that most frequently trigger bias among physicians include emotional problems, weight, intelligence, language differences and insurance coverage.
4. Few surveyed physicians actually indicated that their biases affect the patient care they provide, but some specialists, like emergency medicine physicians (14 percent), reported a more pronounced bias effect than others, such as pathologists (1 percent).
5. Of the respondents who admitted biases affect their treatment, 25 percent believed that their biases resulted in overcompensation and special treatment, whereas 29 percent said it had a negative effect on treatment.
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