mortality and the business cycle identified in previous studies of the general U.S. population may vary by race …In this paper we study the effect of the business cycle on the mortality rate of the major racial groups in the U ….S. Using county-level data from 1999 to 2005, we find that the unemployment rate is negatively related to mortality for whites …

the fundamental racism in U.S. culture and public policy. The virus does not care about personal wealth, religion, or race …

We consider how age-health profiles differ by demographic characteristics such as education, race, and ethnicity. A key … feature of the analysis is the joint estimation of health and mortality to correct for the effect of mortality selection on … health of blacks at age 50 but by age 90 the gap is only 5 percentile points. However, when corrected for mortality selection …

An extensive literature has documented racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health care and health outcomes … regions where quality levels for all patients, black and white, are lower. Thus ensuring equal access to health care at the … local or hospital level may not by itself erase overall health care disparities. However, reducing geographic disparities in …

An extensive literature has documented racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health care and health outcomes … regions where quality levels for all patients, black and white, are lower. Thus ensuring equal access to health care at the … local or hospital level may not by itself erase overall health care disparities. However, reducing geographic disparities in …