Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Adults reporting post-COVID-19 condition say they have trouble getting, paying for care

ECMO use less likely among women, patients with Medicaid, and patients living in the lowest-income neighborhoods

Authors say given the low barriers to increase access to care and financial parity, audio-only calls likely to persist

Black patients experience younger age for first hospitalization, lung transplant, and death

Only 7.5 percent of respondents reported that reviewing results before they were contacted by a health care practitioner increased worry

And, gap in overdose fatalities between Black and White individuals continues to widen

For example, Black women less likely to have depression screening, more likely to have urine drug test than White women

Children in neighborhoods with low opportunity for health have increased risk for child and caregiver mortality

Association of urbanicity and community income level with mammography use differs substantially between American Indian and White women

Disadvantaged groups have higher risk for being underserved by telehealth because of low telemedicine literacy