Analysis: Medicare vs. the race gap

“A report released earlier this month by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that African American patients received worse care than white patients across 73 percent of the 22 quality criteria included in the study. Hispanic patients received poorer care in 77 percent of the areas examined.

In practice, that means that patients in African American, Hispanic or other minority groups are receiving less recommended care like preventive services for heart disease and cancer, and chronic disease management. Minority patients were also significantly less likely to be able to obtain care for illness of injury in a timely manner.”

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