Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care: Issues for Reform

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dc.contributor.authorLillie-Blanton, Marsha
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:40Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:40Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractMr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee on Health, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the issue of racial disparities in health and health care. I am Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Senior Advisor on Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and also an Associate Research Professor in the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Today, 1 in 3 Americans self-identify as either Hispanic/Latino, African American/Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. By 2050, half of the U.S. population will be a person of color (Figure 1). This demographic shift in the population suggests that there are economic as well as health consequences of our failure to eliminate longstanding disparities in health status and in access to health care.
dc.description.urihttps://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/event/addressing-disparities-in-health-and-health-care/
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/sjck-vrrs
dc.identifier.citationLillie-Blanton, Marsha (2008) Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care: Issues for Reform. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, CA.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 1122
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23051
dc.publisherThe Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
dc.subjectAccess To Healthcare
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectracial disparities
dc.subjecthealth care
dc.subjectaccess to health care
dc.subjecthealth insurance
dc.subjectreducing disparities
dc.titleAddressing Disparities in Health and Health Care: Issues for Reform
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