Question

Identify a racial and ethnic health care disparity you have experienced in your workplace.

Answer 1

1. Minorities have less access to health care than whites.
2. Native Americans and Native Alaskans more often lack prenatal care in the first trimester.
3. Nationally, minority women are more likely to avoid a doctor’s visit due to cost.5 • Racial and ethnic minority Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with dementia are 30% less likely than whites to use antidementia medications
4. . Racial and ethnic minorities have present-day health statistics that reflect historical values for whites. For instance, infant mortality rates among minority groups lag behind those of whites.
5. the factors that cause racial and ethnic health care disparities are complex and often extend outside of the boundaries of health policy, perhaps the most significant variable influencing disparities is insurance status. An individual with insurance is much more likely to access care. Minorities are more likely to be uninsured than whites, even when accounting for work statuseven within the uninsured population, racial and ethnic minorities fare worse than whites in their ability to access health care.20 Lack of access to adequate insurance has severe consequences related to a person’s health status, their ability to receive preventive care, and their abilityto manage health problems, such as chronic disease.Partly because of the difficulty in accessing affordable private health insurance, racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to receive coverage through public programs.
6. African Americans are more likely to report poor provider-patient communication than white patients
7. . • White patients more often receive recommended advice on exercise and recommended care for heart attack than Hispanic patients.
8. Native Americans/Native Alaskans are less likely than whites to receive colorectal cancer screening.
9. • Asian Americans are less likely than whites to receive recommended hospital care for pneumonia.