All Posts: health disparities
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ACA Expansion Did Not Improve Access to Complex Surgeries for Low-Income/Minority Patients
A new study published by a team led by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers finds that despite expectations following the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s Medicaid…
September 12, 2018
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Georgetown’s Health Justice Alliance, O’Neill Institute Welcome World Bank President Jim Kim
Georgetown's Health Justice Alliance and the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a screening of the film "Bending the Arc," about the founding of the NGO…
March 13, 2018
- GUMC Stories
Annual Colloquium Addresses Health Disparities in D.C.
The colloquium held on November 16 as part of this year's GUMC Fall Convocation brought together Georgetown faculty members to discuss the theme “Strategies for Reducing…
November 22, 2017
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Al-Refaie Leads Multidisciplinary Research Team
To answer the research questions that Waddah Al-Refaie, MD, FACS, was interested in asking, he required a team of researchers knowledgeable in biostatistics, health finance and…
October 5, 2017
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University Begins Series on Condition of African American D.C. Residents
The NHS report that showed stark differences in the health of African American residents of Washington, D.C., versus their white counterparts was the subject of a policy briefing…
September 16, 2016