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Study: 'Medical homes' cut racial care disparities
A growing body of research suggests patients who have a "medical home" tend to do better overall. Such homes also reduce racial disparities in treatment, according to a new study.
The Commonwealth Fund study found that even when patients lacked health insurance, disparities in care between Caucasians and minorities seem to disappear. The Fund screened for patients having medical homes by asking if they had a regular provider or place of care, whether …
Read more...UnitedHealth launches minority health initiative
Working with civil rights leader Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH organization, UnitedHealth Group has launched an initiative intended to promote African-American health. The two groups are working to address disparities in the care African-American and other minority communities receive. The partners will also focus on health issues which are proving to be a particular challenge among African-Americans, including diabetes, cancer, coronary disease, asthma and obesity. UnitedHealth will give …
Read more...Researchers fight for ethnic diversity in trials
Concerned that they aren't addressing the different ways various ethnic groups respond to medication, researchers are mounting major efforts to recruit varied racial and ethnic groups for clinical trials. Right now, the average clinical trial volunteer is a white male between 18 to 40 years old--and this is a problem. Researchers have increasingly found that race and ethnicity can be important factors in how a patient responds to medications, with some drugs functioning better in certain …
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