Among public health experts around the world, there has been constant debate regarding whether health disparities widen or narrow when overall mortality rates decline. Some research indicates that as overall health improves, the disparities in health between rich and poor and between different ethnic ...
(HealthDay)—Research on health disparities in the United States, the policy implications of these disparities, and suggestions for improvement of disparities are discussed in "Health Policy Brief: Health Gaps," published Aug. 15 inHealth Affairs. Catherine Dower, J.D., from the University of Ca...
A retrospective cohort study characterizing presenting disease-related features, treatment, and outcomes of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) reinforces the existence of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health care disparities in the US population. The research, presented recently by Rishi P. Si...
Disparities in health service use and access to service remain critical issues for improving minority health. Almost no studies report the health service use of multiracial young adults. Most studies on multiracial groups are cross-sectional and thus focus on a single time point, so it is difficul...
birth registry;Asian health disparities;primary cesarean delivery 1. Introduction One in three infants was born via cesarean delivery (CD) in the United States (US) in 2020 [1]. This is alarming because the World Health Organization [2] recognizes that, based on the evidence, CD rates at th...
Access to Care, Health Status and Health Disparities in the United States and Canada: Results of a Cross-National Population-Based Survey. American Journal of Public Health 96, 1300–1307, 10.2105/AJPH.2004.059402 (2006). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Dunlop, S., Coyte, P. ...
In June 2022, the White House published ablueprintfor addressing maternal health disparities, including improving the readiness of hospitals lacking maternity services to provide safe deliveries.7Wider availability of evidence-based midwifery-led care and doulas for low-risk women can prevent and rectify...
“The underlying problem of health care spending is health inequity.”– Pierre Theodore, MD, vice president health disparities, Johnson & Johnson Global Public Health With more attention on the US health system’s inequities, communities, company executives and board members, regulators, investors, ...
The border between the United States (US) and Mexico has a unique population, environment, and set of health issues, including Hispanic Health Disparities. The US-Mexico Border Region encompasses 100 miles north and south of the actual border, and includes 44 US counties, 80 Mexican municipalitie...
The findings show that adults in states that did not expand Medicaid are at significantly higher risk of being overweight or obese, but these disparities are in part explained by higher rates of demographic and socioeconomic disadvantage in non-expansion states. To the author’s knowledge, this ...