On the Razor's Edge of Health
African Americans and Hispanics are five times more likely than white people to wind up in the hospital because of uncontrolled diabetes and three times more likely to face lower-extremity amputations. The vulnerable health status of these groups emerges in a new analysis of racial and ethnic disparities in preventable hospitalizations by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
In its story on the report, the Washington Times quotes researcher Roxanne Andrews: "The magnitude of these disparities was so high it surprised me."