Health Equity

Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

Abstract: In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, there is a timely and important study about the association between eligibility for Medicare at age 65 years and racial and ethnic disparities in access to care and health in the US.

Publication: JAMA Internal Medicine

Date Published: July 26, 2021

Author(s): Robert Steinbrook, MD

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