Do wealth disparities contribute to health disparities within racial/ethnic groups?

Patient preferences: do they contribute to healthcare disparities?

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of race on whether or not a patient would accept an invasive cardiac procedure when referred by a physician. METHODS A retrospective longitudinal review of medical records at a public health hospital in southeastern Louisiana was conducted to determine cardiovascular patient acceptance/ rejection differences. Patient charts were e...

Understanding Racial Disparities in Health: The Income-Wealth Paradox

We examine the ways in which racial differences in health vary over the income-wealth distribution, comparing the self-reported health status of non-Hispanic whites with those of individuals of other races and ethnicities. Paradoxically, we find that although the largest unadjusted racial differences in health are between poor whites and poor nonwhites, after adjusting for income, wealth, and o...

Racial Wealth Disparities : Is the Gap Closing ?

Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the session "Ethnicity, Race and Socioeconomic Outcomes" at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March 23-25, 2000 and at the conference on "Saving, Intergenerational Transfers and the Distribution of Wealth" at the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, June 7-9, 2000. We thank Maureen Conway, R...

Feds to scrutinize health disparities.

Epigenetic pathways to health disparities

The brisk pace of research into the intricacies of gene regulation, which includes the study of epigenetic mechanisms, is rapidly expanding our understanding of the ways in which environmental influences can affect these processes. Research has revealed that environmental exposures influence biology and health among individuals by modifying epigenetic markings that are mitotically stable, thus ...