The health impact of resolving racial disparities: An analysis of US mortality data

被引：79

作者：

Woolf, SH

Johnson, RE

Fryer, GE

Rust, G

Satcher, D

机构：

[1] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Family Med, Fairfax, VA 22033 USA

[2] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Prevent Med, Fairfax, VA 22033 USA

[3] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Community Hlth, Fairfax, VA 22033 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | 2004年 / 94卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2078

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The US health system spends far more on the "technology" of care (e.g., drugs, devices) than on achieving equity in its delivery. For 1991 to 2000, we contrasted the number of lives saved by medical advances with the number of deaths attributable to excess mortality among African Americans. Medical advances averted 176633 deaths, but equalizing the mortality rates of Whites and African Americans would have averted 886202 deaths, Achieving equity may do more for health than perfecting the technology of care.

引用

页码：2078 / 2081

页数：4

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