Cardiology
Black patients less likely to receive lifesaving stroke treatments
Almost 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dec 12, 2023
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News tagged with health care disparities
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Black patients face delays in Alzheimer's diagnosis, research finds
Black patients underwent medical imaging for cognitive impairment years later than white and Hispanic patients and were less frequently tested with MRI, according to research being presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Health informatics
Why the COVID pandemic hit non-white Americans the hardest
Mortality rose across all demographics during first few years of the pandemic, but COVID-19 hit non-white Americans the hardest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics, the largest ...
Nov 20, 2023
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Medical economics
Racial, ethnic disparities in long-term care remain among older adults despite passage of Affordable Care Act: Study
Despite the raft of health care changes that occurred after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in 2010, racial and ethnic disparities in aging needs among older adults persist today, a new study shows.
Nov 10, 2023
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Medical research
Rheumatology training program for Native American primary care physicians expands reach
New research at ACR Convergence 2023, the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) annual meeting, describes the expansion of a novel program to train primary care physicians (PCPs) in the diagnosis and management of rheumatoid ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Diabetes
Large Danish study shows migrants face disparities in care for type 2 diabetes
A large, population-wide study of Denmark residents with type 2 diabetes shows that migrants typically face a greater risk of inferior care for their disease than native Danes, particularly when it comes to monitoring their ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Health
Gun deaths among children and teens have soared—but there are ways to reverse the trend
Firearm injuries are now the leading cause of death among U.S. children and teens following a huge decadelong rise.
Oct 16, 2023
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Surgery
Black and Hispanic patients much more likely to die after surgery than white patients, suggests study
About 12,000 Black and Hispanic patients who died after surgery the past two decades may have lived if there were no racial and ethnic disparities among Americans having surgery, suggests a study of more than 1.5 million ...
Oct 16, 2023
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Diabetes
Not even private health insurance overcomes racial disparities in glycemic control
Having health insurance in the United States is insufficient when it comes to addressing racial and ethnic disparities in glycemic control, according to a study published online Oct. 5 in JAMA Network Open.
Oct 12, 2023
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Medical economics
Rural counties show steeper decline in health measures compared to urban counties in 2015 vs. 2019
Residents of rural counties have overall worse health outcomes than their urban counterparts. A study published in PLOS Global Public Health by William Weeks at Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, United States and ...
Oct 3, 2023
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