The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions: The First Five Years

Abstract

U.S. Government leaders throughout the twentieth century have attempted to address the inefficiencies of the nation’s health care system, and yet, costs continue to increase as access to care declines. Ethnic and racial minorities in the U.S., a growing segment of the population, are the most affected by persistent and ever widening health and healthcare disparities. These striking disparities in the health and wellness of our own population are made even more dramatic when our population’s health is compared to other countries. A major contributor to our inability to address these health disparities within the United States is our critical…