Medical college acceptances for marginalized racial and ethnic groups are in steep decline, despite research showing positive health outcomes associated with a diverse health care workforce. Explore experts’ strategies for building physician diversity.
Urban researchers offer evidence of the importance of a diverse health care workforce—which gives patients access to providers of their same racial or ethnic background—and discuss race-neutral applicant attributes medical schools could consider.
Urban researchers found enrollment in Washington state’s Health Home demonstration for dual enrollees modestly reduced outpatient visits, home- and community-based services, and nursing facility stays but didn’t affect inpatient or skilled nursing facility admissions.
More than 1 in 4 nonelderly adults experienced food insecurity in 2024, a share that remained significantly above prepandemic levels. Federal program cuts could push food insecurity rates even higher.
