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Racial disparities in health care exist even in high-quality health care plans, says a study by researchers at Harvard and Brown medical schools published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings are significant because they reveal more than just an overall racial discrepancy??which has been well documented—but also discrepancies within the same health care plans. “Other studies have focused on whether white and African-American patients are equally likely to receive simple blood tests,” said co-author John Z. Ayanian, associate professor...

Author: By Shoshana S. Tell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Race Affects Health Care | 10/27/2006 | See Source »

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