At any given time almost 90,000 people in the United States are waiting for a kidney transplant, and every day 11 die waiting for one. Of these people, 35% are Black patients receiving dialysis for ...

Among near-poor Black and Hispanic individuals, Medicare Advantage was associated with increased vision care and some, although not uniform, reductions in access disparities vs traditional Medicare.

Access to quality health care remains a significant issue for women, especially within marginalized communities. Women face challenges such as long travel distances to clinics, limited availability of ...

Advances in biomarker-driven and individualized approaches in neurology and psychiatry will require new frameworks for value ...

LMIC health systems must significantly expand coverage of patient navigation services, financial risk protection mechanisms, transportation support, and psychosocial care to reduce treatment ...

No one can deny that health inequities are a global issue. The United States, despite decades of progress, has one of the highest rates of health disparities in the world. Our health care system is ...

A new study analyzing dozens of published papers over five decades focusing on health care disparities in Washington, DC, found that those that employed medical humanities approaches identified ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Earlier this year, a study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal found widespread racial and ethnic disparities in medical care, ...

For decades, researchers have documented disparities in the US cancer burden, especially in racial and ethnic groups. Black women have lower rates of breast cancer than White women, for example, but ...

Regarding "Racial disparity in births: Black women in NJ 25% more likely to get unplanned C-section," NorthJersey.com, Sept. 16: The disparities in health care outcomes for Black women in New Jersey ...