Responsiveness of inpatient care and provision of dignity: Insights from a patient experience survey in Israel

The literature on health disparities has repeatedly demonstrated that people with higher levels of social and economic resources and members of the majority population tend to live longer and be healthier than vulnerable populations and racial minorities (e.g., [[1], [2], [3]]). Whereas the literature on health disparities has become substantial, little research has been done on disparities in the responsiveness of the healthcare system and, specifically, on aspects of dignified treatment. Therefore, in the present paper, I contribute to the literature on the responsiveness of inpatient care by examining, first, the differential impact of patients’ attributes and hospital characteristics on the actual provision of the legal right to responsive medical treatment and, second, patients’ satisfaction with the provision of such treatment in Israeli hospitals.

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