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Fifty Years After Civil Rights Act, Healthcare Remains Separate and Unequal

Nov 27, 2017 | Journal Publications

CHAS Fellow Anup Malani and colleagues discuss the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its failure to substantially improve health care for minorities. As the authors explain, de facto segregation continues as evidenced by hospital usage statistics; just 20% of U.S....

Current Diabetes Screening Practices Fall Short for Asian Americans’ Risk Level

Nov 21, 2017 | Journal Publications

Asian Americans are at an elevated risk of type 2 diabetes, but current screening practices may not be catching it. In this study, CHAS Fellows Elbert Huang and Kao-Ping Chua discovered Asian Americans were the least likely racial and ethnic group to receive a...

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