| Description |
xxxii, 445 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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1. Underlying causes of healthcare disparities. Introduction: an overview of the US healthcare system and US health disparities at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- Historical perspectives of healthcare disparities: is the past prologue? -- Epidemiologic profiles of racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care -- Cultural diversity in medicine: health status of racial and ethnic minorities. 2. Current problems. Perspective: health care and the politics of race -- Perspective: the spectrum of health-care disparities in the USA -- Perspective: barriers to eliminating disparities in clinical practice -- lessons from the IOM report "Unequal Treatment" -- Perspective: second-class medicine -- implications of evidence-based medicine for improving minority access to health care -- Perspective: the compelling need for health literacy. 3. Approaches to correcting the problems. The good, the bad, and the ugly: overview of the health reform law and its impact on health-care disparities -- The diversity benefit: how does diversity among health professionals address the public needs? -- The role of communities in eliminating health disparities: getting down to the grass roots -- The potential impact of performance incentive programs on racial disparities in health care -- Eliminating disparities in health care through quality improvement -- Monitoring socioeconomic determinants for healthcare disparities: tools from the public health disparities geocoding project -- Perspective: Title VI, healthcare reform, and the need for a state antidiscrimination law -- Quality of care and health disparities: the evolving role of the government -- The Association of Black Cardiologists: a small-group success story in addressing healthcare disparities -- Breathing easier in Seattle: addressing asthma disparities through healthier housing -- Breast and prostate cancer healthcare disparities -- The role of health IT in eliminating health disparities -- Remote Area Medical®: pioneers of no-cost health care -- Principles for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health care under healthcare reform. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Health services accessibility -- United States.
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Equality -- Health aspects -- United States.
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Medical policy -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Medical care -- Needs assessment -- United States.
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Health care reform -- United States.
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Healthcare Disparities -- United States.
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Delivery of Health Care -- United States.
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Health Policy -- United States.
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Health Care Reform -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Richard Allen, 1936-
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| Added Title |
Health care disparities at the crossroads with health care reform |
| ISBN |
9781441971357 |
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1441971351 |
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