Black, Latino children with asthma receive lesser standard of care

70652986 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:30:15 -0400

Led by Tracy Lieu, associate professor of ambulatory care and prevention at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, the researchers interviewed parents of children with asthma who were insured by Medicaid programs.

Of the children, 38 percent were black, 19 percent Latino, and 31 percent white. The researchers studied the effects of ethnicity and the effects of familial factors.

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Black, Latino children with asthma receive lesser standard of care