Health Care Insider: Minimizing Health Disparities in Different Demographic Groups




The Scope Radio show

Summary: Gender, age, race, ethnicity and socio-economic status all can affect the quality of care a patient receives. For example, African American women have the overall poorest outcomes with breast cancer, regardless of their access to insurance. In this episode, <a href="http://healthcare.utah.edu/fad/mddetail.php?physicianID=u6000052">Dr. Ana Marie Lopez</a> explains how quality of health care in America can vary across demographics and what can be done to insure physicians provide quality health care for everyone.