HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

January 27, 2009

links for 2009-01-27

• Kidney disease rampant in region
  Western Pennsylvania has the highest rate of blacks progressing to end-stage renal disease, or complete kidney failure, according to the latest report from the U.S. Renal Data System.
• Study Looks at Efficacy of Different Terminology for Racial, Ethnic 'Disparity'
  Based on all three approaches for measuring disparities, researchers found that disparities between Hispanics and whites for two broad indicators of health care increased between 1996 and 2005, while disparities between blacks and whites remained roughly constant.
• MD disputes gripes
  Drama over language requirements for the head of an improved trauma network in China.