Federal investments to eliminate racial/ethnic health-care disparities.

We present a model that describes the relationships among social disadvantage, health-care disparities, and health disparities. Improving access to health care and enhancing patient-provider interaction are critical pathways for reducing disparities. Increasing the diversity of the public health and health-care workforces is an efficient strategy for reducing disparities because it impacts both access to care and patient-provider communication. Federal policy makers should continue interest in workforce diversity to optimize the health of all Americans. PMID: 24385667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Public Health Reports - Category: Global & Universal Tags: Public Health Rep Source Type: research