Chapter
Clinical Care and Health Disparities*
Abstract
Health disparities, also known as health inequities, are systematic and potentially remediable differences in one or more aspects of health across population groups defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically. This topic has been the subject of research stretching back at least decades. Reports and studies have delved into how inequities develop in different societies and, with particular regard to health services, in …
Authors
Starfield B; Gérvas J; Mangin D
Volume
33
Pagination
pp. 89-106
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Publication Date
April 21, 2012
DOI
10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124528