The United States has made little progress during the past decade in addressing health care
disparities. Recent health care reforms offer an historic opportunity to create a more …

The Institute of Medicine's 2003 Unequal Treatment report raised the public's and
policymakers' awareness of racial and ethnic health care disparities, but federal policy …

In the past decade and a half, the United States has witnessed major advances in the
recognition and reporting of health and health care disparities. Now is the time to move …

Findings from health services research highlight continuing health care disparities in the
United States, especially in the areas of access to health care and quality of care. Although …

Health Equity Our health care system is a microcosm of US society: its resources are not
allocated fairly among races. Though various factors influence prevention and management …

In the United States, racial/ethnic minority, rural, and low-income populations continue to
experience suboptimal access to and quality of health care despite decades of recognition …

Racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States experience disparities in their
health and health care that arise from a combination of interacting factors, including racism …

Disparities in US health care result from a complex mixture of systemic quality and access
problems intertwined with historic injury. The many dimensions of health disparities include …

Abstract The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality submitted the first annual
National Healthcare Disparities Report to Congress in December, 2003. This first report will …

Eliminating health and health care inequities is a longstanding goal of multiple United States
health agencies, but overwhelming scientific evidence suggests that health and health care …