Health Equity: Holiday week roundup

December 28, 2023

For the holiday week, I’m reviewing some of the important stories I’ve covered during 2023. 

Here are some of the posts I wrote about issues of disparities and health equity: 

February 17: Infant mortality higher in highest income Black people than lowest income White people 

May 23: Workplace discrimination and high blood pressure

May 26: Excess deaths in Black people

August 8: Excess emergency department waits for Black and Hispanic people 

September 20: Physicians often don’t suggest colorectal cancer screening

October 19: Disparities in kidney transplants

October 26: HIV preventive medications

November 7: The economic burden of mental illness

November 27:  Inequity in heart disease 

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