Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

May 10 2013 20130510

Hopeful Signs on a Long Road to a Better Health System

Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• Asthma project helps resident physicians improve care for minority patients
• Black Medicare patients less likely than whites to follow their doctor's instructions on taking medicines
• Gender trumps religiosity in older Mexican Americans' views on physician-assisted suicide
• Regular home blood pressure measurement raises the likelihood of blood pressure control among Korean Americans

Clinicians & Providers

• 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
• AHRQ Activities to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
• Administration on Aging Helps Older Americans Manage Chronic Disease
• American Academy of Physician Assistants Recommends AHRQ's Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
• Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Trends in Racial-ethnic, Income, and Insurance Disparities Over Time 2002-2009
• Appendix A - HCUP
• Appendix B - HCUP
• Appendix B: Detailed Methods
• Appendix B: Detailed Methods
• Appendix B: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• Appendix C - HCUP
• Appendix D - HCUP
• Appenidx B: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)
• Asthma project helps resident physicians improve care for minority patients
• Background on the Measures Development Process
• Black Medicare patients less likely than whites to follow their doctor's instructions on taking medicines
• Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods
• Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods
• Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods
• Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods
• Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods
• Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods
• Chapter 10. Priority Populations
• Chapter 10. Priority Populations
• Chapter 2. Effectiveness
• Chapter 2. Effectiveness
• Chapter 2. Effectiveness
• Chapter 2. Effectiveness
• Chapter 2. Effectiveness of Care
• Chapter 2. Effectiveness of Care
• Chapter 2. Quality of Health Care
• Chapter 2. Quality of Health Care
• Chapter 3. Access to Health Care
• Chapter 3. Access to Health Care
• Chapter 3. Patient Safety
• Chapter 3. Patient Safety
• Chapter 3. Patient Safety
• Chapter 3. Patient Safety
• Chapter 3. Patient Safety
• Chapter 3. Patient Safety
• Chapter 4. Priority Populations
• Chapter 4. Priority Populations
• Chapter 4. Timeliness
• Chapter 4. Timeliness
• Chapter 4. Timeliness
• Chapter 4. Timeliness
• Chapter 4. Timeliness
• Chapter 4. Timeliness
• Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness
• Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness
• Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness
• Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness
• Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness
• Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness
• Chapter 6. Care Coordination
• Chapter 6. Care Coordination
• Chapter 6. Care Coordination
• Chapter 6. Care Coordination
• Chapter 6. Efficiency
• Chapter 6. Efficiency
• Chapter 7. Efficiency
• Chapter 7. Efficiency
• Chapter 7. Efficiency
• Chapter 7. Efficiency
• Chapter 7. Efficiency
• Chapter 8. Health System Infrastructure
• Chapter 8. Health System Infrastructure
• Chapter 8. Health System Infrastructure
• Chapter 8. Health System Infrastructure
• Chapter 9. Access to Health Care
• Chapter 9. Access to Health Care
• Chapter 9. Access to Health Care
• Chapter 9. Access to Health Care
• Child and Adolescent Healthcare (Fact Sheet)
• Child and Adolescent Healthcare (Fact Sheet)
• Data Tables Appendix
• Data Tables Appendix
• Disparities in Health Care Quality Among Minority Women
• Disparities in Health Care Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
• Disparities in Healthcare Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups
• Expert workshop discusses disparities in health care quality and role of health IT in underresourced settings
• Gender trumps religiosity in older Mexican Americans' views on physician-assisted suicide
• Healthcare Quality and Disparities in Women
• Healthcare Quality and Disparities in Women
• Highlights From the 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
• Highlights from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
• Highmark Uses AHRQ Materials in Health Literacy Outreach Program
• Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers
• Key Themes and Highlights From the National Healthcare Quality Report
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations
• List of Core Report Measures
• List of Measures
• Measurement Categories
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
• Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)
• Minority pediatricians are more likely to care for minority children
• NHQR and NHDR Appendix Tables With Information on Child and Adolescent
• National Healthcare Quality Report: Background on the Measures Develop
• National Healthcare Quality Report: List of Measures
• National Healthcare Quality Report: Update. Fact Sheet
• Poorer patients less likely to receive specific treatment for head and neck cancer
• Preliminary Measure Set
• Primary care physicians' performance ratings depend on the makeup of their patient population
• Properties of Individual Outcome Measures
• Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities
• Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities
• Race/ethnic origin of mother and father influence whether the mother develops gestational diabetes
• Rate of extrapulmonary TB highest among blacks
• Regular home blood pressure measurement raises the likelihood of blood pressure control among Korean Americans
• Scaling Up Circumcision Programs in Southern Africa: The Potential Impact of Gender Disparities and Changes in Condom Use Behaviors on Heterosexual HIV Transmission
• Selected Examples from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports, 2008
• Telephone counseling helps Korean Americans who speak little English improve hypertension management
• Using Established Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthma
• Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005
• Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

Hospital & Health System Resources

• 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality Report
• AHRQ Activities to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
• Asthma project helps resident physicians improve care for minority patients
• Blacks hospitalized for high blood pressure five times more often than
• Deaths from hospital complications drop, disparities remain
• Expert workshop discusses disparities in health care quality and role of health IT in underresourced settings
• Geographic information system reveals primary care needs of Hispanics
• Using Established Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthma
• Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

Policymaker Resources

• 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality Report
• Asthma project helps resident physicians improve care for minority patients
• Black and Hispanic Medicare patients with hip fracture wait longer for surgery than white patients
• Blacks have longer PSA screening intervals than whites
• Blacks have worse colorectal cancer survival rates than whites
• Blacks with lung cancer have higher mortality rates than whites
• Creation of New Race-Ethnicity Codes and Socioeconomic Status (SES) Indicators for Medicare Beneficiaries
• Deaths from hospital complications drop, disparities remain
• Even with universal health insurance, the homeless in Canada encounter barriers to obtaining health care
• Expert workshop discusses disparities in health care quality and role of health IT in underresourced settings
• Gender trumps religiosity in older Mexican Americans' views on physician-assisted suicide
• Geographic information system reveals primary care needs of Hispanics
• Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers
• Medicare-insured patients with head or neck cancer differ little in mortality risk because of race or ethnicity
• Men and blacks less likely to be aware of cancer screening benefits
• Minority pediatricians are more likely to care for minority children
• More stress means worse asthma in inner-city adults
• Perception of racial discrimination among blacks linked to socioeconomic position
• Project Intersect: Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: April 25-26
• Rate of extrapulmonary TB highest among blacks
• Reducing Disparities in Health Care Quality in Underresourced Settings
• Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005

Fact Sheets

April 1 2013 20130401

Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

October 1 2012 20121001

Disparities in Health Care Quality Among Minority Women

October 1 2012 20121001

Healthcare Quality and Disparities in Women

September 1 2012 20120901

AHRQ Activities to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

September 1 2012 20120901

AHRQ Resources for Research

September 1 2012 20120901

Excellence Centers to Eliminate Ethnic/Racial Disparities (EXCEED)

April 1 2012 20120401

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations

March 1 2011 20110301

Child and Adolescent Healthcare (Fact Sheet)

March 1 2011 20110301

Disparities in Healthcare Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

March 1 2011 20110301

Healthcare Quality and Disparities in Women

June 1 2010 20100601

Child and Adolescent Healthcare (Fact Sheet)

September 1 2009 20090901

Disparities in Health Care Quality Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

June 1 2009 20090601

Selected Examples from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports, 2008

August 1 2005 20050801

Using Established Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthma

October 1 2002 20021001

National Healthcare Quality Report: Update. Fact Sheet

Full Research Reports

September 1 2012 20120901

Creation of New Race-Ethnicity Codes and Socioeconomic Status (SES) Indicators for Medicare Beneficiaries

September 1 2012 20120901

Women With Diabetes: Quality of Health Care, 2004-2005

September 1 2012 20120901

Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003-2006

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 10. Priority Populations

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 2. Effectiveness of Care

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 3. Patient Safety

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 4. Timeliness

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 6. Care Coordination

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 7. Efficiency

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 8. Health System Infrastructure

April 19 2012 20120419

Chapter 9. Access to Health Care

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 10. Priority Populations

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 2. Effectiveness

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 2. Effectiveness

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 2. Effectiveness of Care

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 3. Patient Safety

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 3. Patient Safety

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 3. Patient Safety

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 4. Timeliness

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 4. Timeliness

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 4. Timeliness

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 6. Care Coordination

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 6. Care Coordination

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 6. Care Coordination

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 7. Efficiency

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 7. Efficiency

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 7. Efficiency

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 7. Efficiency

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 8. Health System Infrastructure

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 8. Health System Infrastructure

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 8. Health System Infrastructure

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 9. Access to Health Care

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 9. Access to Health Care

February 1 2011 20110201

Chapter 9. Access to Health Care

February 1 2011 20110201

Highlights From the 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

February 1 2011 20110201

Highlights from the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 2. Effectiveness

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 2. Quality of Health Care

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 3. Access to Health Care

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 3. Patient Safety

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 4. Priority Populations

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 4. Timeliness

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness

March 1 2010 20100301

Chapter 6. Efficiency

March 1 2009 20090301

Appendix A - HCUP

March 1 2009 20090301

Appendix B - HCUP

March 1 2009 20090301

Appendix B: Detailed Methods

March 1 2009 20090301

Appendix B: Detailed Methods

March 1 2009 20090301

Appendix B: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

March 1 2009 20090301

Appendix C - HCUP

March 1 2009 20090301

Appendix D - HCUP

March 1 2009 20090301

Appenidx B: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 1. Introduction and Methods

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 2. Effectiveness

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 2. Quality of Health Care

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 3. Access to Health Care

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 3. Patient Safety

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 4. Priority Populations

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 4. Timeliness

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 5. Patient Centeredness

March 1 2009 20090301

Chapter 6. Efficiency

March 1 2009 20090301

Key Themes and Highlights From the National Healthcare Quality Report

March 1 2009 20090301

List of Core Report Measures

March 1 2009 20090301

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)

March 1 2009 20090301

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

March 1 2008 20080301

Hispanic Diabetes Disparities Learning Network in Community Health Centers

Other Research & Data

• 2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality Report
• 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
• Administration on Aging Helps Older Americans Manage Chronic Disease
• American Academy of Physician Assistants Recommends AHRQ's Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American College of Physicians
• Among patients with diabetes, racial/ethnic discrimination by health care providers is uncommon
• Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Trends in Racial-ethnic, Income, and Insurance Disparities Over Time 2002-2009
• Asthma project helps resident physicians improve care for minority patients
• Background on the Measures Development Process
• Black Medicare patients less likely than whites to follow their doctor's instructions on taking medicines
• Black and Hispanic Medicare patients with hip fracture wait longer for surgery than white patients
• Blacks have longer PSA screening intervals than whites
• Blacks have worse colorectal cancer survival rates than whites
• Blacks hospitalized for high blood pressure five times more often than
• Blacks with lung cancer have higher mortality rates than whites
• Communications between patients with HIV and their providers differ along racial and substance use lines
• Data Tables Appendix
• Data Tables Appendix
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
• Deaths from hospital complications drop, disparities remain
• East Liberty Family Health Center; East End Community Health Center
• Even with universal health insurance, the homeless in Canada encounter barriers to obtaining health care
• Expert workshop discusses disparities in health care quality and role of health IT in underresourced settings
• Gender trumps religiosity in older Mexican Americans' views on physician-assisted suicide
• Geographic information system reveals primary care needs of Hispanics
• Highmark Uses AHRQ Materials in Health Literacy Outreach Program
• Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute
• Korean Americans with high blood pressure who are confident they can achieve blood pressure control are more likely to do so
• List of Measures
• Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health
• Measurement Categories
• Medical Care Research and Review: Supplement
• Medicare-insured patients with head or neck cancer differ little in mortality risk because of race or ethnicity
• Men and blacks less likely to be aware of cancer screening benefits
• Minority pediatricians are more likely to care for minority children
• More stress means worse asthma in inner-city adults
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• NHQR and NHDR Appendix Tables With Information on Child and Adolescent
• National Center for Health Statistics
• National Healthcare Quality Report: Background on the Measures Develop
• National Healthcare Quality Report: List of Measures
• North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation
• Perception of racial discrimination among blacks linked to socioeconomic position
• Poorer patients less likely to receive specific treatment for head and neck cancer
• Preliminary Measure Set
• Primary care physicians' performance ratings depend on the makeup of their patient population
• Project Intersect: Health Disparities Research at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Disability: April 25-26
• Properties of Individual Outcome Measures
• Quality Improvement Interventions to Address Health Disparities
• Race/ethnic origin of mother and father influence whether the mother develops gestational diabetes
• Rate of extrapulmonary TB highest among blacks
• Reducing Disparities in Health Care Quality in Underresourced Settings
• Reducing Disparities through Research and Translation Programs: A Focus on Researchers and Their Actions
• Regular home blood pressure measurement raises the likelihood of blood pressure control among Korean Americans
• Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
• Scaling Up Circumcision Programs in Southern Africa: The Potential Impact of Gender Disparities and Changes in Condom Use Behaviors on Heterosexual HIV Transmission
• State of Arizona
• State of Oregon
• State of Washington
• Technology Based on AHRQ-Funded Research Used to Track Tuberculosis in Homeless
• Telephone counseling helps Korean Americans who speak little English improve hypertension management
• Texas Medical Center
• Treatment by physicians with same race and language as the patient may improve medication adherence
• U.S.-born Mexican women who have adopted U.S. culture may be more at risk for cervical cancer
• University of Buenos Aires
• University of Missouri Center for Health Policy/Health Literacy Missouri

Press Releases

June 1 2011 20110601

Health Care Quality Gaps and Disparities Persist in Every State

March 28 2011 20110328

Low Health Literacy Linked to Higher Risk of Death and More Emergency Room Visits and Hospitalizations

February 28 2011 20110228

Health Care Quality Still Improving Slowly, but Disparities and Gaps in Access to Care Persist

News & Numbers

June 29 2011 20110629

Black Children More Likely to Be Hospitalized for Severe Asthma Attacks

June 16 2011 20110616

Six of Every 10 Rural Emergency Departments Visits Made by Poor Patients

May 12 2011 20110512

More Rural Americans Treated in Emergency Departments for Eye Injuries

March 30 2011 20110330

Diabetes Testing Among Poor, Minority, and Inner-City Adults Plummets

February 16 2011 20110216

Patients' Income and Where They Live Influence Hospitalization for Chronic Lung Disease

January 12 2011 20110112

One-Fifth of the U.S. Population Has No Doctor or Other Usual Source of Medical Care

November 18 2010 20101118

Rates of Hospital Emergency Department Use Greater Among Women and Low-Income, Older, and Rural Americans

September 29 2010 20100929

Prostate Cancer Deaths Drop, But Blacks Still Most Likely To Die

September 9 2010 20100909

Most Public Hospitals Are in Rural Areas

June 3 2010 20100603

Deaths from Complications Drop, Disparities Remain

May 5 2010 20100505

Disparities Widen in the Use of Asthma Medications

April 20 2010 20100420

Black Children Hospitalized More Often for Ruptured Appendix

April 8 2010 20100408

More Adults With Diabetes Are Getting Flu Shots

March 10 2010 20100310

Cholesterol and Diabetes Lead Drug Spending for the Elderly

January 28 2010 20100128

Medicare Pays Almost Half of Rural Hospital Stays

Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy

May 10 2013 20130510

Hopeful Signs on a Long Road to a Better Health System

Other News & Events

• AHRQ's annual conference focuses on innovation and collaboration
• Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
• Americans, especially blacks, spend substantial periods of time uninsured
• Among patients with diabetes, racial/ethnic discrimination by health care providers is uncommon
• Annual Report on Health Care for Children and Youth in the United States: Trends in Racial-ethnic, Income, and Insurance Disparities Over Time 2002-2009
• Annual quality and disparities reports include data on health care-associated infections, obesity, and health insurance
• Asthma project helps resident physicians improve care for minority patients
• Black Medicare patients less likely than whites to follow their doctor's instructions on taking medicines
• Black and Hispanic Medicare patients with hip fracture wait longer for surgery than white patients
• Black patients are negatively affected by clinicians' attitudes about race
• Blacks and patients at hospitals with a high percentage of black patients more likely to suffer adverse events
• Blacks have higher rates of pituitary adenoma
• Blacks have longer PSA screening intervals than whites
• Blacks have worse colorectal cancer survival rates than whites
• Blacks hospitalized for high blood pressure five times more often than
• Blacks less likely than whites to use either statins or aspirin in the prevention of cardiovascular disease
• Blacks treated at community health centers are less likely than Hispanics or whites to have controlled blood pressure
• Blacks who receive heart transplants have poorer survival than other racial groups
• Blacks with lung cancer have higher mortality rates than whites
• Communications between patients with HIV and their providers differ along racial and substance use lines
• Criminal justice system may create and aggravate health disparities among minorities
• Deaths from hospital complications drop, disparities remain
• Despite more widespread prescribing of antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection, disparities remain
• Diagnosing and treating depression gets better in nursing homes but some disparities remain
• Disadvantages in housing, food, and health care all predict health declines in older Americans
• Elderly blacks less likely than elderly whites to receive a depression diagnosis or treatment
• Even with universal health insurance, the homeless in Canada encounter barriers to obtaining health care
• Expert workshop discusses disparities in health care quality and role of health IT in underresourced settings
• Gender trumps religiosity in older Mexican Americans' views on physician-assisted suicide
• Geographic information system reveals primary care needs of Hispanics
• Having a usual source of care as well as insurance reduces unmet health needs
• Health Care Quality Gaps and Disparities Persist in Every State
• Health Care Quality Still Improving Slowly, But Disparities and Gaps in Access to Care Persist, According to New AHRQ Reports
• Health care quality still improving slowly, but disparities and gaps in access to care persist
• Health information technology-supported quality improvement initiative reduces some ambulatory care disparities
• Hospital readmissions for COPD highest among black patients
• Korean Americans with high blood pressure who are confident they can achieve blood pressure control are more likely to do so
• Lower flu vaccination rates for black nursing home residents a cause for concern
• Many black parents believe soft bedding will keep their infants safe from sudden infant death syndrome
• Medicare reimbursement changes lessen regional disparities for home health services
• Medicare, Medicaid, and uninsured patients less likely to receive drug-eluting stents than the privately insured
• Medicare-insured patients with head or neck cancer differ little in mortality risk because of race or ethnicity
• Men and blacks less likely to be aware of cancer screening benefits
• Minority patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer are less likely to receive hospice services than whites
• Minority pediatricians are more likely to care for minority children
• Minority status has no effect on patient outcomes in the intensive care unit
• Minority-serving hospitals have problems with quality of care and patient satisfaction
• Modeling inequalities helps to develop cervical cancer screening strategies that can improve outcomes and reduce disparities
• More stress means worse asthma in inner-city adults
• Perception of racial discrimination among blacks linked to socioeconomic position
• Physician recommendations for defibrillator therapy not influenced by race or gender
• Physicians' implicit racial attitudes influence prescribing of opioids for black children
• Poorer patients less likely to receive specific treatment for head and neck cancer
• Primary care physicians' performance ratings depend on the makeup of their patient population
• Race/ethnic origin of mother and father influence whether the mother develops gestational diabetes
• Rate of extrapulmonary TB highest among blacks
• Regional poverty boosts adults' chances of having unmet health care needs
• Regular home blood pressure measurement raises the likelihood of blood pressure control among Korean Americans
• Research Briefs
• Rural and urban residents have similar perceptions of health care quality, despite differences in care delivery
• Socioeconomically disadvantaged blacks have the worst long-term outcomes from work-related low back pain
• Studies examine possible disparities surrounding implantable cardioverter defibrillators
• Studies find emotional and health problems and elevated deaths among recently released prisoners
• Study identifies attributes of surgeons more willing to provide charity care
• Telephone counseling helps Korean Americans who speak little English improve hypertension management
• The financial burden from prescription drugs has declined for the nonelderly, but remains a problem for some groups
• Treatment by physicians with same race and language as the patient may improve medication adherence
• Types and rates of fungal infections vary among groups and treatment is often suboptimal
• U.S.-born Mexican women who have adopted U.S. culture may be more at risk for cervical cancer
• Watching patient stories on DVDs improves blood pressure control among blacks