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In Focus: Reducing Racial Disparities in Health Care by Confronting Racism
Compared with whites, members of racial and ethnic minorities are less likely to receive preventive health services and often receive lower-quality care. They also have worse health outcomes for certain conditions. To combat these disparities, advocate…
Creating Better Systems of Care for Adults with Disabilities: Lessons for Policy and Practice
A new Commonwealth Fund case study highlights health plans and clinics around the country that have developed tailored programs of care for Americans living with disabilities. While the programs often focus on serving people with just one type of disab…
In Focus: Physician-Led Efforts to Promote Value
Physicians are proposing new ways of delivering and paying for care that take aim at a key shortcoming of the nation’s fee-for-service system: lack of payment for some high-value services. Their condition-specific models encourage adherence to evidence…
