Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Policy will bring HHS into line with Supreme Court decision that said sex discrimination laws in workplaces also protect gay and transgender people

Persistently fewer pharmacies located in Black and Hispanic/Latino neighborhoods than White or diverse neighborhoods

Women with premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease receive less optimal care than men

Coverage higher in low versus high social vulnerability counties for overall measure of social vulnerability index

Greater hesitancy seen among more vulnerable demographic groups

Only 56.5 percent strongly agree that they welcome patients with disability into their practices

Findings revealed in national survey of U.S. adults with family incomes of less than $125,000

Findings seen despite the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force revised eligibility criteria

However, racial disparities in liver transplantation are greatly diminished

Incentivizing physicians to improve access to after-hours care reduces some less-urgent visits to emergency department