A Call to Action for Individuals & Their Communities
Date:
2008 When it comes to health and health care, we are not all equal. The health and health care of Americans are impacted by the same gaps in fairness and conditions that we find in education, housing, employment, income, even in the health geographies of infant mortality, disease prevalence, and childhood obesity. Variations in medical treatment, provider performance and the quality of care are pervasive in every section of the country. Racial and ethnic disparities in individual and community health status, treatment and patient outcomes underscore the widening divide between haves and have-nots in our society.
Number of Pages:
107 