Conclusion:PsA patients from countries with the lowest GDP/capita, despite similar use of bDMARDs, were more likely to have high disease activity and worse disease impact. There is a need for more equity in healthcare.doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002031...
Changes in racial and ethnic disparities in access to care and health among US adults at age 65 years. JAMA Intern Med. 2021;181(9):1207-1215. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.3922 ArticlePubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 27. Fisher GG, Ryan LH. Overview of the health and ...
Abstract Importance The largest US federal action plan to date for reducing racial disparities in health care was implemented in 2011 and continues today. It is not known whether this program, along with other initiatives, is associated with a decrease in racial disparities in the use of major ...
1 Disparities are particularly concerning in the Medicaid program, which has responsibility for ensuring access to quality health care for low income Americans. Mental health conditions are more common among Medicaid beneficiaries than the general population,2 and, compared with Non-Hispanic Whites, ...
health justice, DeHaan connected with Jamaa Birth Village in 2021. She completed three full days of training on the full spectrum of birth, which included preconception health, pregnancy, comfort measures to aid women during pregnancy, labor and delivery services as well as...
Marginalised poor populations, characterised by poverty and social exclusion, suffer disproportionately from hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections and encounter substantial disparities in access to healthcare. This has further exacerbated the global HBV burden and precluded progress towards HBV elimination. This...
Addressing Barriers to Care Despite the challenges in minority mental healthcare perpetuated by the health system, some recommendations exist for improving mental health equity across diverse populations. Individuals, public health organizations, health educators or communicators, health systems, ...
Using survey data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health we examined factors related to multiracial health service use. After performing a series of weighted binary and logistic regression analyses, differences were found in the rates of health care service utilization when comparing ...
December 17, 2021 VideoLaura Lee Hall, PhD, president of the Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity, addresses disparities occurring in diabetes care among racial and ethnic populations. Pharmacy Times interviewed Laura Lee Hall, PhD, president of the Center ...
Meaning In this study, women veterans with premature and extremely premature ASCVD received poorer secondary prevention care; hence, a systematic approach toward health care delivery improvement and patient education is necessary to narrow this health care disparity for women. Abstract Importance There is...