Research Finds Wide Disparities in Health Care by Race and Region

July 11, 2008

Race and place of residence can have a staggering impact on the course and quality of the medical treatment a patient receives, according to new research showing that blacks with diabetes or vascular disease are nearly five times more likely than whites to have a leg amputated and that women in Mississippi are far less likely to have mammograms than those in Maine.

The study, by researchers at Dartmouth, examined Medicare claims for evidence of racial and geographic disparities and found that on a variety of quality indices, blacks typically were less likely to receive recommended care than whites within a given region. But the most striking disparities were found from place to place.

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Judge to allow punitive damages in Comair suits

In a victory for the plaintiffs, a federal judge has ruled the estates of the victims of the crash of Comair Flight 5191 may seek punitive damages in a trial set for Aug. 4.

In an order made public yesterday, U.S. District Judge Karl Forester ruled there is enough evidence to allow a jury to decide if the airline’s management was responsible for the August 2006 crash at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport that killed 49 people.

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