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Hepatocellular carcinoma: How can we move from racial/ethnic disparities to a model of health equity?
Author(s) -
Singal Amit G.,
Yopp Adam C.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.30099
Subject(s) - ethnic group , medicine , health equity , psychological intervention , health care , hepatocellular carcinoma , equity (law) , economic growth , public health , nursing , political science , law , economics
A study by Ha and colleagues in this issue adds to the evidence base demonstrating racial and ethnic health disparities in health care. However, the evidence base for developing interventions to eliminate these disparities is limited, largely because of a lack of granularity in the available administrative data sets. See also pages 2512‐23.