The Health Impact of Resolving Racial Disparities: An Analysis of US Mortality Data

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dc.contributor.authorWoolf, Steven H.
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Robert E.
dc.contributor.authorFryer, George E., Jr
dc.contributor.authorRust, George
dc.contributor.authorSatcher, David
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:23Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:23Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractThe US health system spends far more on the “technology” of care (e.g., drugs, devices) than on achieving equity in its delivery. For 1991 to 2000, we contrasted the number of lives saved by medical advances with the number of deaths attributable to excess mortality among African Americans. Medical advances averted 176 633 deaths, but equalizing the mortality rates of Whites and African Americans would have averted 886202 deaths. Achieving equity may do more for health than perfecting the technology of care.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2076
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/gx0n-gq0a
dc.identifier.citationWoolf, Steven H. and Johnson, Robert E. and Fryer, George E., Jr and Rust, George and Satcher, David (2004) The Health Impact of Resolving Racial Disparities: An Analysis of US Mortality Data. American Journal of Public Health, 94 (12). pp. 2078-2081.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 1027
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22982
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjecttechnology of care
dc.subjectequity in its delivery
dc.subjectexcess mortality
dc.subjectequity
dc.titleThe Health Impact of Resolving Racial Disparities: An Analysis of US Mortality Data
dc.typeArticle

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