The Path to Health Equity Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration
The author, a guest editor for this special issue of the Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews dedicated to health disparities and inequities, comments on recent studies demonstrating poorer health outcomes among various patient populations in the United States despite its having higher s...
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description | The author, a guest editor for this special issue of the Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews dedicated to health disparities and inequities, comments on recent studies demonstrating poorer health outcomes among various patient populations in the United States despite its having higher spending per capita than any other nation. Noting that health inequities are defined as avoidable differences, the author encourages health professionals to work to narrow these gaps. |
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spelling | doaj.art-8cdffd4d3a31416f8ad762ff30cb90cb2023-09-02T14:50:42ZengAdvocate Aurora HealthJournal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews2330-06982017-11-014420821010.17294/2330-0698.1615The Path to Health Equity Through Multidisciplinary CollaborationCynthia Haq0University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WIThe author, a guest editor for this special issue of the Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews dedicated to health disparities and inequities, comments on recent studies demonstrating poorer health outcomes among various patient populations in the United States despite its having higher spending per capita than any other nation. Noting that health inequities are defined as avoidable differences, the author encourages health professionals to work to narrow these gaps.https://digitalrepository.aurorahealthcare.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1615&context=jpcrrhealth disparitieshealth inequitiesoutcomesquality of lifemorbiditymortalityUnited Statespatient populations |
spellingShingle | Cynthia Haq The Path to Health Equity Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews health disparities health inequities outcomes quality of life morbidity mortality United States patient populations |
title | The Path to Health Equity Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration |
title_full | The Path to Health Equity Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration |
title_fullStr | The Path to Health Equity Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration |
title_full_unstemmed | The Path to Health Equity Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration |
title_short | The Path to Health Equity Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration |
title_sort | path to health equity through multidisciplinary collaboration |
topic | health disparities health inequities outcomes quality of life morbidity mortality United States patient populations |
url | https://digitalrepository.aurorahealthcare.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1615&context=jpcrr |
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