Researchers found patients who were Black or Hispanic were far more likely than white patients to see care postponed for more than four weeks. The delays raise the risk for poor outcomes.The COVID-19 pandemic led to delays in cancer care, but Black and Brown patients...
A new government report finds that data on the race and ethnicity of Medicare beneficiaries is often inaccurate, hindering the program’s ability to assess disparities in access to and quality of care among its 66 million participants.The report from the Department of...
06-15-2022 | OEI-02-21-00100 | Complete Report WHY WE DID THIS STUDY The disparate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on various racial and ethnic groups have brought health disparities to the forefront. Health disparities are differences in health that adversely affect...
J Vasc Surg. 2022 May 24:S0741-5214(22)01590-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.05.003. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: Vulnerable populations including women and racial and ethnic minorities are historically underrepresented in clinical trials. We therefore studied...
This article was originally published here Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2022 May 17;218:107293. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2022.107293. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: It is of paramount importance that the United States (U.S.) physician and surgical workforce...
