December 31, 2021
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Throughout 2021, Healio has covered studies on short-term and long-term health effects caused by lack of diversity in clinical trials and overall health care disparities.
However, this year’s survey also revealed various strategies that could reduce medical disparities related to race, ethnicity, and income status.
Below is a list of 10 stories that describe the burden of medical disparities in the United States and the efforts to address them.
CDC Director: The COVID-19 gap is “impressive”
Rochelle P, director of the CDC. Walensky, MD and MPH said that after 15 months of employment, one of the most important lessons she learned needed to better understand medical inequality in the United States. read more.
The new AMA policy aims to protect racial minorities during police detention.
AMA announces new policy against the term “excitatory delirium” as a medical diagnosis and pharmacological intervention used “disproportionately” when a black man dies under law enforcement control did. read more.
Black Hispanic children are more likely to die after surgery, regardless of income status
A retrospective secondary analysis showed that children in the underrated population, including those who lived in high-income areas, were at higher risk of postoperative death than white children. read more.
Life expectancy gap between black and white Americans is reduced by 48.9%
The life expectancy gap between black and white Americans has narrowed from seven to 3.6 years over the last three decades, according to a study published in the minutes of the National Academy of Sciences. read more.
Increasing Medicare eligibility may reduce medical disparities
Medicare eligibility was associated with health insurance coverage, access to care, and a sharp reduction in self-reported racial and ethnic disparities in health. JAMA Internal Medicine.. read more.
Non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanic children who are less likely to undergo diagnostic imaging
Non-Hispanic black and Hispanic children are less likely to undergo radiography, CT, ultrasonography, and MRI during ED visits than non-Hispanic white children, with more than 13 million ED visits. Analysis showed. read more.
Studies show that black pediatric patients are more likely to be detained with ED than white patients
Black pediatric patients are more likely to be physically detained by ED than white patients, according to a study by researchers at Yale University. read more.
Medical cost inequality, results persist in the U.S., studies show
Medical costs and outcomes vary by racial and ethnic group in the United States, and undervalued populations often have a high percentage of ED spending and are in poor health or fair. Jama. read more.
Researchers find “racially unequal care” in most outpatient clinics
Racial and ethnic minority groups have been “significantly underestimated” in the outpatient practice of most specialists, and these disparities continued even after researchers explained the social determinants of access to care. .. read more.
Black adults report facing discrimination in the medical setting
According to recent survey data, black adults experience discrimination or unfair judgment in the medical setting three times as often as white adults and twice as often as Hispanic or “Latin” adults. I reported that I was there. read more.
