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Diminishing Disparities: Starting in Our Own Backyards

Authors: Joan J. Ryoo, MD, Sushma Jain, MBBS, MPH, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 3/2008

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Disparities in health—those “differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups”, as defined by the National Institutes of Health—are becoming increasingly well described in the surgical literature. The awakening to such inequities has been long in coming, if not long overdue; research endeavors pioneered in the realms of public health, internal medicine, public policy, and the social sciences have provided a substantial foundation upon which disciplines such as surgery have had the privilege to build. …

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Title: Diminishing Disparities: Starting in Our Own Backyards
Authors: Joan J. Ryoo, MD
Sushma Jain, MBBS, MPH
Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS
Publication date: 01-03-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 3/2008
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-007-9666-3

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