Some studies found that Black individuals were less likely to receive care that was concordant with clinical guidelinesas per the reported literature.Our review highlights many gaps in the literature on racial disparities that are particularly notable in cardiac, pulmonary, and critical care ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Black women having babies are at an increased risk of death, according to the CDC. That maternal mortality has a growing number of Black women turning to doulas. More Black women are using doulas to overcome disparities in health care. Natasha Brereton is a busy mom o...
This cross-sectional study examines disparities in health care use between Black and White people as measured by health care expenditures and visit rates
Racial Differences Between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White Enrollees in Total Spending, Primary Care Utilization, and Avoidable Emergency Department Utilization, by Subgroup eFigure 6. Racial Differences Between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White Women in Medicaid in Total Spending, Prim...
Black women are not represented in clinical trials, which are really informative in treatment opportunities. And, certainly, social determinants of health contribute to the disparities we see. Every time we take care of a Black patient or a woman of color we know those facts, we know those ...
Disparities in Ethnic Health Care Raise Questions About Treatment of Black PatientsShivers, Kaia
Objective: This research was conducted to determine if surgical management patterns for uterine leiomyomata, specifically in black women, changed after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented. Materials and Methods: Data from within a public academic health system were retrospectively abstracted on...
Black American women suffer disproportionate morbidity and mortality, as compared with other populations in the United States. Conventional models of health disparities fail to account for these differences. To cultivate greater community engagement in disparities research, we adapted traditional focus group...
health disparities among Black women, who are six times more likely to die in Illinois from pregnancy-related conditions. The reasons behind this are layered, experts say, but include socioeconomic factors that can create barriers to care and explicit and implicit bias within the health care ...
Racial disparities The poorer care that black women receive today for conditions such asendometriosismay actually be linked back to the very beginnings of the field of gynecology, which has a legacy ofracism and violent exploitationof black women's bodies. ...