Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Minority group representatives present in only a minority of state vaccine plans

Survival better compared with colon cancer patients in the general U.S. population, overall and in subgroups including Black versus White race

Black patients more likely than Whites to die in the hospital or hospice when not adjusting for site of care

Benefits of improved air quality and reduced smoking have not been equally distributed according to socioeconomic status

Policy will bring HHS into line with Supreme Court decision that said sex discrimination laws in workplaces also protect gay and transgender people

Persistently fewer pharmacies located in Black and Hispanic/Latino neighborhoods than White or diverse neighborhoods

Women with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease receive less optimal care than men

Coverage higher in low versus high social vulnerability counties for overall measure of social vulnerability index

Greater hesitancy seen among more vulnerable demographic groups

Only 56.5 percent strongly agree that they welcome patients with disability into their practices