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A Comprehensive Policy Framework to Understand and Address Disparities and Discrimination in Health and Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians
- Source :
- Annals of Internal Medicine. 174:529-532
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American College of Physicians, 2021.
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Abstract
- Racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States experience disparities in their health and health care that arise from a combination of interacting factors, including racism and discrimination, social drivers of health, health care access and quality, individual behavior, and biology. To ameliorate these disparities, the American College of Physicians (ACP) proposes a comprehensive policy framework that recognizes and confronts the many elements of U.S. society, some of which are intertwined and compounding, that contribute to poorer health outcomes. In addition to this framework, which includes high-level principles and discusses how disparities are interconnected, ACP offers specific policy recommendations on disparities and discrimination in education and the workforce, those affecting specific populations, and those in criminal justice practices and policies in its 3 companion policy papers. ACP believes that a cross-cutting approach that identifies and offers solutions to the various aspects of society contributing to poor health is essential to achieving its goal of good health care for all, poor health care for none.
- Subjects :
- Social Determinants of Health
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Health Behavior
Ethnic group
Health outcomes
01 natural sciences
Racism
Health Services Accessibility
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Health care
Internal Medicine
Humans
Medicine
Quality (business)
030212 general & internal medicine
Healthcare Disparities
0101 mathematics
Societies, Medical
Quality of Health Care
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business.industry
Health Policy
010102 general mathematics
Cultural Diversity
General Medicine
Public relations
United States
Workforce
Discrimination in education
business
Criminal justice
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15393704 and 00034819
- Volume :
- 174
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....94a66bea2f49e9b368e83473fd54ad27