Disparities Cloud Health Improvements In Past Decade, Report Finds

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2011

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Torres, Christian (2011) Disparities Cloud Health Improvements In Past Decade, Report Finds. Kaiser Health News.

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Minority and low-income groups continue to be less likely to have a regular source of health care when compared to the general population, despite efforts over the past decade to remedy the situation. This and other health disparities persist across race, ethnicity, income level and education, according to the final review of Healthy People 2010, which was released Thursday. Healthy People 2010, the third such effort by federal officials, is a decade-long initiative which established an ambitious set of goals in November 2000 to improve the health of all Americans, and the report details how the country did. Progress has…

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