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Old 09-01-2004, 09:00 AM
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Do AA and White Patients Get Equal . . .

Do African Americans and White Patients Get Equal Quality Medical Treatment?



A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine indicated that African American patients get lower quality treatment than white patients. The study showed that African American patients often receive care from physicians who have inferior qualifications or resources to those who treat white patients.

The team from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center did a phone survey of 4,355 primary care physicians who served 150,391 African American and white Medicare patients. The research team, led by Dr. Peter Bach, uncovered two key findings. First, African American patients visited only a small number of physicians (80% of visits were accounted for by 22% of doctors). Second, the physicians visited by the African American patients were less likely to be board-certified than those visited by the white patients.

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Old 09-02-2004, 01:24 PM
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Re: Professor's Medical Disparity ?

Hotep Brothers. Bro. Professor, BLACKS definitely do not receive the equal MEDICAL TREATMENT that is afforded EUROPEANS. I will state for the record, that when it comes to the issue of MENTAL HEALTH BLACKS are not offered the PSYCHOMEDICAL, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL, and PSYCHO-SOCIAL support systems that EUROPEANS are granted. The issue is $$$$$$$.
Govt. Fee-for-Service mandates have made it extremely difficult for BLACKS to obtain adequate mental health/clinical services. Inadequate patient in-service residential treatment is too another issue that revolves of the disparity issue. I will provide much more on this, but right now I am about to conduct a psychological on one of my many headcases. The kid is a cutter and I have been telling her for the last six weeks of our sessions to follow through with my treatment plan by "cutting it out!"
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Old 09-03-2004, 09:28 AM
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Re: Re: Professor's Medical Disparity ?

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The kid is a cutter and I have been telling her for the last six weeks of our sessions to follow through with my treatment plan by "cutting it out!"
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