Francis K. Amankwah

Sep 26, 2024 | ajph.aphapublications.org | Vincent Guilamo-Ramos |Francis K. Amankwah |Georges Benjamin

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Sep 9, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Georges Benjamin |Jennifer DeVoe |Francis K. Amankwah

Racial and ethnic inequities in health and health care affect individual well-being, contribute to the loss of millions of potential life-years, and cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars annually.1 National attention to these inequities dates to the 19th century after slavery2; more recent efforts include the 1985 Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health3 and the 2003 Institute of Medicine Unequal Treatment report.4 Tragically, little progress has been made in...

Jun 26, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Vincent Guilamo-Ramos |Francis K. Amankwah |Kosali I. Simon |John Ayanian |Margarita Alegría |Sara Rosenbaum

More than twenty years have passed since the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) published its 2003 landmark report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. The central conclusion of the report was that racial and ethnic disparities were a hallmark of the US health care system and that unequal treatment persisted even when controlling for health insurance coverage.

Jun 25, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Vincent Guilamo-Ramos |Francis K. Amankwah |Kosali I. Simon |John Ayanian |Margarita Alegría |Sara Rosenbaum

More than twenty years have passed since the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) published its 2003 landmark report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. The central conclusion of the report was that racial and ethnic disparities were a hallmark of the US health care system and that unequal treatment persisted even when controlling for health insurance coverage.

Jan 18, 2024 | nap.nationalacademies.org | Francis K. Amankwah |Joe Alper |Sharyl J. Nass

A National Academies committee hosted a public workshop series in 2023.