Abstract In the United States, two patients with the same medical condition can receive
drastically different treatments. In addition, the same patient can walk into two physicians' …

Abstract “Neighborhoods and health” research has shown that area social factors are
associated with the health outcomes that patients with cancer experience across the cancer …

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 …

ContextEvidence on the health risks associated with short-term exposure to fine particles
(particulate matter≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter [PM2. 5]) is limited. Results from the …

Context Understanding whether and why there are racial disparities in readmissions has
implications for efforts to reduce readmissions. Objective To determine whether black …

Purpose In the absence of high-level evidence or clinical guidelines supporting any given
active treatment approach over another for localized prostate cancer, clinician and patient …

Racial disparities in mortality over time reflect divergent pathways to the current large racial
disparities in health. The residential concentration of African Americans is high and …

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 …

US and UK data show that much of the variation in use of healthcare is accounted for by the
willingness and ability of doctors to offer treatment rather than differences in illness or patient …

Objective To test the hypothesis that people taking anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs are at
increased risk of premature mortality, using primary care prescription records and after …