Editor’s Note: This is the last in a series of posts on health and health care disparities that Health Affairs Blog is publishing in conjunction with the new March/April issue of Health Affairs on ...

To what lengths should we go to reduce racial disparities in the child welfare system? In 2021 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to require the Department of Children and Family ...

State-level social welfare policies may address disparities in arthritis-related joint pain prevalence and education for ...

AI has been the talk of the healthcare industry, garnering excitement for its potential to improve patient care, as well as concern for the need to implement it ethically. But does the technology have ...

The newly developed collaborative, announced in July, is dubbed the Leaders in Equity and Diversity Collaborative. It is spearheaded by Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health, Luminis Health Doctors ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BP control and cholesterol management metrics were higher for white patients compared with those for Black ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — San Diego’s focus on boosting social equity and eliminating disparities between rich and poor neighborhoods will shift this spring to making fundamental changes in how officials ...

Cervical cancer, like many illnesses, is treatable if it’s caught early, but each year millions of women miss out on getting routine Pap smear screening for the disease, which kills a disproportionate ...

Reducing disparities in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD) was the focus of a session of the final day of the Revolutionizing Atopic Dermatitis 2023 conference. What can be done for patients of ...