Racial and ethnic disparities in health care access and quality are well documented for
some minority groups. However, compared to other areas of health care, such as disease …

Objective To review methods of measuring racial/ethnic health care disparities. Study
Design Identification and tracking of racial/ethnic disparities in health care will be advanced …

Importance The racial and ethnic diversity of the US, including among patients receiving
their care at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), is increasing. Dementia is a …

Introduction In 2015, an estimated 43.4 million Americans aged 18 and older suffered from a
behavioral health issue. Accurate estimates of the number of psychiatrists, psychologists …

Abstract For 40 years, the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male passively
monitored hundreds of adult black men with syphilis despite the availability of effective …

Background Specialty societies in the United States identified low-value tests and
procedures that contribute to waste and poor health care quality via implementation of the …

Identifying policies that will cut or constrain US health care spending and spending growth
dominates reform efforts, yet little is known about whether the drivers of spending levels and …

Background Racial/ethnic disparities in health care are well documented, but less is known
about whether disparities occur within or between hospitals for specific inpatient processes …

Extreme racial/ethnic disparities exist in children's access to “opportunity neighborhoods.”
These disparities arise from high levels of residential segregation and have implications for …

A longstanding theme of mental health policy has been the tension between the integration
of mental health into general health policy and exceptionalism. Integration is represented by …