Study Finds Health Care Disparities

nytimes.com — Race and place of residence can have a staggering impact on the course and quality of the medical treatment a patient receives, according to new research. The study, by researchers at Dartmouth, examined Medicare claims for evidence of racial and geographic disparities and found that on a variety of quality indices, blacks typically were less likely to receive recommended care than whites within a given region. But the most striking disparities were found from place to place.

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