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Unequal Treatment Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (2003) / Chapter Skim
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... 20001. The most recent example can be found in a 2001 Surgeon General's report examining racial and ethnic disparities in the use of mental health services by members of racial and ethnic minority groups, which speculates on the underlying causes of disparity in access, utilization and quality and concludes that the principal factors are cost, poor services in poor communities, cultural and communications barriers, fear of the health system, and general overall problems in the relationship between patients and providers (Surgeon General, 20011.
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  • african americans
  • ethnic disparities
  • financing programs
  • ethnic minority
  • healthcare financing

  • communication difficulties
  • healthcare providers
  • healthcare disparities
  • american health


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