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Special Issue of Medical Care Highlights Health Disparities at the Intersection of Disability, Race and Ethnicity

Introductory article by the supplement guest editors, Willi Horner-Johnson, PhD, of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; Glenn T. Fujiura, PhD, of the University of Illinois at Chicago; and Tawara D. Goode, MA, of Georgetown University.

September 19, 2014

It's well established that Americans with disabilities and those in underserved racial/ethnic groups face significant disparities in access to health care.  Now, researchers are beginning to examine the unique patterns of health care inequalities experienced by racially and ethnically diverse patients with disabilities, according to a special October supplement to Medical Care.  The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

"This special issue of Medical Care is focused on the intersection of disability, race, and ethnicity and the particular health care barriers faced by people at this intersection," according to an introductory article by the supplement guest editors, Willi Horner-Johnson, PhD, of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland; Glenn T. Fujiura, PhD, of the University of Illinois at Chicago; and Tawara D. Goode, MA, of Georgetown University.  The goal is to foster a new research agenda for research into health care disparities affecting adults with disabilities who are also members of underserved racial and ethnic groups.

The research highlighted in this issue grew out of a past AUCD research effort with Oregon Health & Science University. The supplement is available online free of charge at http://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/toc/2014/10001.