RT Journal
A1 Voelker R
T1 DEcades of work to reduce disparities in health care produce limited success
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2008
FD March 26
VO 299
IS 12
SP 1411
OP 1413
DO 10.1001/jama.299.12.1411
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.299.12.1411
AB 
The latest findings build on years of research that has established the extent of inequalities in treatment for cancer, heart disease,
diabetes, and many other conditions. Cancer, for example, has been the focus of dozens of studies and a number of federal initiatives to document and reduce treatment disparities. However, a new analysis of 143 512 Medicare patients with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers shows that from 1992 to 2002, not only did treatment disparities persist, the magnitude of the disparities did not diminish (Gross CP et al. Cancer. 2008;112[4]:900-908).