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Going backward into the future.

David Barton Smith
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Racial and ethnic disparities in medical treatment persist 40 years after passage of Medicare and Medicaid legislation. Concerns about rising healthcare costs have overshadowed efforts to eliminate inequality in treatment. Eliminating disparities in treatment requires linking goals with financial incentives.

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David Barton Smith. 2005. Going backward into the future.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16184959/

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