reviewed to select only those published during the three year period 2005–2007 (epubs for 2008 publications were excluded), that empirically examined the association between a measure of perceived discrimination and an indicator of health status or healthcare utilization. One hundred and fifteen papers met our criteria (Table 1). We acknowledge that focusing only on PubMed does not provide a comprehensive picture of all of the published research on this topic since the work of some social scientists is not included in this database. It nonetheless serves to illustrate the growing scientific interest in this subject.
