Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report shows how to reach health care equity and why it matters.
Vison believes the color of Jordan’s skin played a role in how he was treated by the health care system.
The report found found Black Americans are nearly 1.5 times more likely to have asthma compared to white Americans and are 5 times more likely to visit the emergency room because of asthma and 3 times more likely to die than whites. Black women have the highest death rate from asthma of any group. Those areas are: access to care, health insurance coverage, social determinants of health, and medical innovation.
LaVarne Burton, president and CEO of the American Kidney Fund and the National Health Council board chair, says the patient perspective is the key to addressing health equity. Patterson agrees. His experience with what he believes is an inequitable health care system led him to get an education and become an advocate for others in disenfranchised communities.
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