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Highmark Inc.
Highmark Creates Multi-Dimensional Approach to Address Health Care Disparities
May 12th, 2008
In 2002, the Institute Of Medicine (IOM) published Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, a report that concluded racial and ethnic minorities receive lower-quality health care than whites, even when they are of similar age, at a similar income level and have the same access to health coverage and care. Although the quality of health care is poor for many Americans, specific racial and ethnic groups continue to experience worse quality care than their white counterparts. Evidence of these disparities in treatment is strongest for African-Americans and Hispanics in the U.S., but is also growing among American Indians. ...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2008-05-12)
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