HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

September 20, 2008

links for 2008-09-20

• Blacks have higher mortality after liver surgery
  African-American patients are approximately twice as likely as their Caucasian counterparts to die following major liver surgery, or hepatectomy, U.S. researchers report.
• Speaking Spanish Limits Access to Health Care
  Spanish-speaking Hispanics in the United States have difficulty accessing the health-care system, University of North Carolina researchers report.
• Study sees culture gap in seeking mental health care
  For reasons that are complex, Asian Americans seek mental health treatment in far lower numbers than the rest of the population, according to preliminary findings from a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Davis.