ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss New Report On Minority Health Care.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002 TOPIC: According to CNN.com, an Institute of Medicine report indicates that, even when insured at the same level as whites, non-whites are less likely to have a "consistent" relationship with their primary care providers. The report concludes that this factor leads to a lower level of care. A congressionally mandated body established to review medical issues, the Institute was established in 1970 and is part of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Alan Nelson, chairman of the Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care--the committee responsible for the report-- says that "disparities in the health care delivered to racial and ethnic minorities are real and are associated with worse outcomes in many cases, which is unacceptable." EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Deborah Gould, chief of pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. , has an extensive background in medical ethics medical ethics The moral construct focused on the medical issues of individual Pts and medical practitioners. See Baby Doe, Brouphy, Conran, Jefferson, Kevorkian, Quinlan, Roe v Wade, Webster decision. and diversity within the health care system. She is also knowledgeable about diseases particular to African Americans. 510/271-5826; PR: Laura Marshall, Media Relations Manager (Laura.H.Marshall@kp.org) Professor Robert O. Valdez, professor of UCLA's School of Public Health, specializes in children's health Children's Health Definition Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. , federal health policies and minority health issues. He served as a deputy assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Public Health Service and as director of interagency health policy for the Health Care Financing Administration Health Care Financing Administration, n.pr department in the U.S. agency of Health and Human Services responsible for the oversight of the Medicaid and Medicare benefit programs, including guidelines, payment, and coverage policies. . He currently serves as a national director for research and associate director for the Inter-University Program for Latino Policy Research in Washington, D.C. PR: Dan Page (dpage@support.ucla.edu) David Dranove is a professor at Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. , Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Professor Dranove's research and teaching focus on problems in industrial organization and business strategy with an emphasis on the health care industry. He has published more than 70 research papers, monographs, and book chapters, and is coauthor of the popular textbook "The Economics of Strategy" and the trade book "How Hospitals Survived". His most recent book, "The Economic Evolution of American Health American Health Inc. is a company that manufactures health supplements. It is located in Holbrook, New York. One of its products is labeled the "Chewable Original Papaya Enzyme" with the attached registered trademark, "The 'After Meal Supplement'". Care: From Marcus Welby to Managed Care," published by the Princeton University Princeton University, at Princeton, N.J.; coeducational; chartered 1746, opened 1747, rechartered 1748, called the College of New Jersey until 1896. Schools and Research Facilities Press, has garnered considerable praise and attention. The Association of University Programs in Health Administration The Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) is a not- for- profit association of university-based educational programs, faculty, practitioners, and provider organizations. awarded Professor Dranove the John Thompson John Thompson is the name of: Academics
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