Healthcare Disparities at the Crossroads with Healthcare Reform (eBook)
XXXII, 446 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-1-4419-7136-4 (ISBN)
Building upon the success of Dr. Williams's widely influential book Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report, this new volume takes a fresh and timely look at the state of healthcare reform and the progress and problems we face in the pursuit of healthcare equality. This book focuses on how the elimination of disparities can be accomplished through targeted efforts made within the context of reform.
Comprising the combined efforts of the nation's best health policy analysts, researchers, key opinion leaders and clinicians, this book addresses both current and impending legislation and future movements in healthcare. With the knowledge that the problem of disparities extends beyond the present political arena into the larger scope of all aspects of healthcare delivery, the authors provide critical analysis of the causation of disparities, insightful examples of what has worked, and a striking call to action with implementable strategies for advancing equality.
Building upon the success of Dr. Williams's widely influential book Eliminating Healthcare Disparities in America: Beyond the IOM Report, this new volume takes a fresh and timely look at the state of healthcare reform and the progress and problems we face in the pursuit of healthcare equality. This book focuses on how the elimination of disparities can be accomplished through targeted efforts made within the context of reform. Comprising the combined efforts of the nation's best health policy analysts, researchers, key opinion leaders and clinicians, this book addresses both current and impending legislation and future movements in healthcare. With the knowledge that the problem of disparities extends beyond the present political arena into the larger scope of all aspects of healthcare delivery, the authors provide critical analysis of the causation of disparities, insightful examples of what has worked, and a striking call to action with implementable strategies for advancing equality.
Despair 3
Foreword 14
Preface 18
Acknowledgments 22
About the Editor 24
Contents 26
Contributors 30
Underlying Causes of Healthcare Disparities 34
Introduction: An Overview of the US Healthcare System and US Health Disparities at the Beginning of the Twenty- First Century 35
Historical Perspectives of Healthcare Disparities: Is the Past Prologue? 39
Epidemiologic Profiles of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Health Care 54
Cultural Diversity in Medicine: Health Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities 71
Current Problems 99
Perspective: Health Care and the Politics of Race 100
Perspective: The Spectrum of Health-care Disparities in the USA 114
Perspective: Barriers to Eliminating Disparities in Clinical Practice – Lessons from the IOM Report “ Unequal Treatment” 125
Perspective: Second-Class Medicine – Implications of Evidence- Based Medicine for Improving Minority Access to Health Care 143
Perspective: The Compelling Need for Health Literacy 163
Approaches to Correcting the Problems 171
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Overview of the Health Reform Law and Its Impact on Health- Care Disparities 172
The Diversity Benefit: How Does Diversity Among Health Professionals Address Public Needs? 193
The Role of Communities in Eliminating Health Disparities: Getting Down to the Grass Roots 220
The Potential Impact of Performance Incentive Programs on Racial Disparities in Health Care 235
Eliminating Disparities in Health Care Through Quality Improvement 254
Monitoring Socioeconomic Determinants for Healthcare Disparities: Tools from the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project 291
Perspective: Title VI, Healthcare Reform, and the Need for a State Antidiscrimination Law 335
Quality of Care and Health Disparities: The Evolving Role of the Government 351
The Association of Black Cardiologists: A Small- Group Success Story in Addressing Healthcare Disparities 372
Breathing Easier in Seattle: Addressing Asthma Disparities Through Healthier Housing 379
Breast and Prostate Cancer Healthcare Disparities 404
The Role of Health IT in Eliminating Health Disparities 417
Remote Area Medical®: Pioneers of No-Cost Health Care 431
Principles for Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Under Healthcare Reform 439
Index 451
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.3.2011 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XXXII, 446 p. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Schlagworte | Disparities • Equity • Ethnicity • Health • Healthcare |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4419-7136-X / 144197136X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4419-7136-4 / 9781441971364 |
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