Institute of Medicine Unequal Treatment 2003

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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an independent, nonprofit organization which was established in the year 1970 and is the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare, added to the media fray when the IOM con-cluded that “(al) though myriad sources contribute to these disparities

Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
Released: March 20, 2002

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The National Academy of Medicine, known as the Institute of Medicine. It is an American non-profit, non-governmental organization which was founded in 1970, under the National Academy of Sciences. It is part of the United States National Academies, which includes:
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
National Research Council (NRC)

UNEQUAL TREATMENT:
If you are a health system superintendent or manager, yours may be among themost of difficult jobs in the nation: on a daily basis, you run with multiplechallenges, including rapidly growing health care costs, concerns about patientsafety, and negative public perceptions of health insurers. At the same time, youwork hard to provide high-quality health care products and services to an increasingly various patient population—including a growing number of racial and ethnic minorities and individuals who primarily speak a language other than English.

In general, this research shows that:
African Americans and Hispanics tend to receive a range of disease areas (including cancer, cardiovascular disease,HIV/AIDS, diabetes, mental health, and other chronic and infectious diseases) and clinical services;
African Americans are more likely than whites to receive less popular services, Such as amputation of all or part of a member;
Disparities are originated even when clinical factors, such as stage of disease presentation, co-morbidities, age, and severity of disease are taken into account
Disparities are establish across a range of clinical settings, including public and private hospitals, teaching and non-teaching hospitals, etc.
Disparities in care are associated with higher humanity among minorities who do not receive the same services as whites (e.g., surgical treatment for small-cell lung cancer).

UNEQUAL TREATMENT





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