Measuring and Enhancing Organizational Performance .
My research attempts to provide an overview of the problem of racial discrimination and disparities in the present health care system and the effects that discrimination has on American minorities. My study serve as evidence for facts that this type of discrimination exists especially in three major areas, lack of health care coverage, linguistically , and ethical issues. Past attitudes continue to evidence themselves in the present way minorities are treated by health care providers. Unfortunately, the present health care system of America exemplifies the discrimination faced by minorities. My studies show that minorities in America suffer from the poorest health. Yet, the same studies go on to show that those minorities are denied access to health care and representation in medical research. Even when minorities do receive access to health care they are denied certain treatments that other white patients are afforded. Whatever the source they face discrimination. Unless minorities are provided with better access, representation in research, and the same quality of care as that received by white patients, attempts to produce an equitable system will fail.
Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive a lower quality of health care than non-minorities even access related factors, such as patients" insurance status and income, are controlled. The sources of these disparities are complex, are rooted in historic and contemporary inequities, and involve many participants at several levels, including health systems, their administrative and bureaucratic processes, utilization managers, health care professionals, and patients. Consistent with the charge, the study committee focused part of its analysis on the clinical encounter itself, and found evidence that stereotyping, biases, and uncertainty on the part of health care providers can all contribute to unequal treatment.
