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Researching Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Medicine
Author(s) -
Richards Christopher F.,
Lowe Robert A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1197/s1069-6563(03)00485-8
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , health equity , health care , family medicine , alternative medicine , gerontology , nursing , public health , political science , pathology , law
The recent Institute of Medicine report “Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care” chronicles a growing body of literature describing racial and ethnic disparities in health care delivery. It suggests a research agenda designed to better understand and eventually eliminate these disparities. Prompted by this report, Academic Emergency Medicine convened a Consensus Conference on Disparities in Emergency Health Care on May 28, 2003, in Boston. One of the goals of that meeting was to develop a research agenda for emergency medicine researchers working on disparities in health care. This report describes the results of the consensus conference and suggests such a research agenda.