Titre : | The Health Impact of Resolving Racial Disparities : An Analysis of US Mortality Data : Racism and health. (2008) |
Auteurs : | Steven-H WOOLF ; FRYER (George-Ejr) : USA. American Academy of Family Physicians Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Famity Practice and Primary Care. Washington. DC. ; Robert-E JOHNSON ; George RUST ; David SATCHER ; National Center for Primary Care. Morehouse School of Medicine. Atlanta. GO. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 98, 2008) |
Pagination : | S26-S28 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Race ; Mortalité ; Epidémiologie ; Homme |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xC8Gnr. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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. |