KevinMD February 13, 2023
A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD.com.
Health disparities affecting minority and vulnerable populations are increasingly well-recognized after the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Across a large number of quality metrics, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s latest National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report found that Blacks, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Hispanics receive overall worse medical care than white patients. Additionally, a recent report by the Commonwealth Fund demonstrated the persistence of these racial and ethnic disparities across geographic regions in the United States.
Well-described examples of health disparities include a higher maternal mortality rate among Black women, more advanced stages of disease in minority patients at the time of presentation, and...
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