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Racial disparities in diabetes prevalence among cancer patients
IntroductionCancer inequity is one of the most critical public health issues faced by ethnic minorities and people of lower socioeconomic status. The disparate burden of cancer is caused by poor access to care and inadequate delivery of cancer treatment,
Kimlin Tam Ashing +5 more
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Objectives: To assess telemedicine readiness of gynecologic oncology patients, particularly those at risk for care access disparities (increased distance to care, rural populations.) Methods: Patients at all disease/treatment stages completed an ...
J. Dholakia +8 more
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Within Wisconsin, our residents experience some of the worst health disparities in the nation. Public reporting on disparities in the quality of care is important to achieving accountability for reducing disparities over time and has been associated with
Maureen A. Smith +6 more
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Healthcare disparities amongst vulnerable populations of Arabs and Jews in Israel
The complex nature of studying health and healthcare disparities in general, and in the context of the Israeli healthcare system in particular, is depicted in two recent IJHPR articles.
Efrat Shadmi
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Healthcare Disparities in Critical Illness [PDF]
To summarize the current literature on racial and gender disparities in critical care and the mechanisms underlying these disparities in the course of acute critical illness.MEDLINE search on the published literature addressing racial, ethnic, or gender disparities in acute critical illness, such as sepsis, acute lung injury, pneumonia, venous ...
Graciela J, Soto +2 more
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Telehealth for Communities: Toward Eliminating Rural Health Disparities
The National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) (2007) documents issues in both quality of healthcare and access to healthcare providing information to policymakers, clinicians, administrators, and community leaders for the improvement of health.
Barbara Ann Graves
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Community-Based Participatory Research: Toward Eliminating Rural Health Disparities
The National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) (2008) tracks and documents access to healthcare as well as quality of healthcare. This report provides information to policymakers, clinicians, administrators, and community leaders for the improvement ...
Barbara Ann Graves
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Effects of Part D Star Ratings on racial and ethnic disparities in health care costs
Background: Racial/ethnic minorities are less likely than non-Hispanic White (White) patients to be included in the Medicare Part D Star Ratings measure assessment due to the restrictive inclusion criteria for the measures. Objective: This paper examined
Chi Chun Steve Tsang +3 more
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The Great American Recession and forgone healthcare: Do widened disparities between African-Americans and Whites remain? [PDF]
During the Great Recession in America, African-Americans opted to forgo healthcare more than other racial/ethnic groups. It is not understood whether disparities in forgone care returned to pre-recession levels.
Jasmine L Travers +3 more
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Women’s health care has always been a hotbed for public attention. The upcoming presidential election and new state-level laws targeting reproductive rights have only brought these issues into greater prominence. While reproductive rights are an important topic on their own, we also need to talk about a subset of the greater issue that is often swept ...
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