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Racial Health Disparities, COVID-19, and a Way Forward for US Health Systems

Journal of Hospital Medicine 16(1). 2021 January;:J. Hosp. Med. 2021 January;16(1):50-52.Published Online First December 23, 2020. DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3545 | DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3545
December 23, 2020|Journal of Hospital Medicine
Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, MS;Howard P Forman, MD, MBA;Marcella Nuñez-Smith, MD, MHS
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1Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; 2Center for Emergency Care and Policy Research, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 3Equity Research and Innovation Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; 4Yale School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut.

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

© 2021 Society of Hospital Medicine

CONCLUSION

The COVID-19 disparities were predictable. This pandemic may not end any time soon and certainly will not be the last we experience. Therefore, healthcare workers and health systems should recognize the societal barriers patients and workers face and implement strategies to eliminate biased practices in the provision of healthcare as well as through the compensation structure and workplace protection of healthcare workers, especially when the healthcare system experiences undue stress.

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