Phase I: Disparities in Access to Advanced Medical Procedures in the Medicare Population
Racial and ethnic healthcare disparities in access to advanced interventions have stubbornly persisted for decades in the U.S. medical system. The first of a three-phase research series of analysis examines the difference in access to certain advanced interventions, including a range of surgical, medical and technological interventions.
This report is focused primarily on differences by race in the use of certain health services by Medicare beneficiaries across a range of common clinical conditions in 2018 and 2019.
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