A History of Health Policy and Health Disparity.
Health care disparities
Health care in US
Health care legislation
Health care policy
Medicaid
Medicare
Journal
Thoracic surgery clinics
ISSN: 1558-5069
Titre abrégé: Thorac Surg Clin
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101198195
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
Historique:
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2021
pubmed:
22
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2021
medline:
26
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2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Civil Rights legislation and court decisions influenced health care policy, which attempted to provide health care to elderly and low-income populations. Passing Medicaid and Medicare was monumental in increasing access to health insurance. The Affordable Care Act aimed to increase access to and affordability of health care to alleviate some disparities in health care. The Affordable Care Act established the National Institute of Minority and Health Disparity and Offices of Minority Health. However, disparities of access, care, morbidity, and mortality among marginalized populations persist. We in the thoracic community must leverage all means to mitigate the injustice of health disparities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34801189
pii: S1547-4127(21)00097-9
doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2021.09.013
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1-11Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Disclosure This work was partially supported by TUFCCC/HC Regional Comprehensive Cancer Health Disparity Partnership, Award Number U54 CA221704(5) (Contact PIs: Grace X. Ma, PhD and Olorunseun O. Ogunwobi, MD, PhD) from the National Cancer Institute of National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH) and The American Cancer Society -- Pfizer Health Disparities Grant. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies.