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Using Civil Rights Law to Undermine Profitability of Ongoing Racial Segregation in Health Care

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: In 2008, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest filed a civil rights complaint with the New York State Office of the Attorney General on behalf of its client, Bronx Health REACH. This complaint asserts that 3 prestigious New York City (NYC) health care organizations' outpatient clinics maintain systems of care that are separate, unequal, and segregated by race. This article considers health care segregation's past, present, and future; specifically examines 1990s and 2000s-era civil rights complaints in NYC; and offers strategies to improve equity and outcomes in NYC that can be applied in health networks nationwide.

Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic

DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2023.48

Author: Nisha Agarwal

Language: English

Topic: Discrimination and Equality Law

Subfield: Law

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4313837307

FWCI: 5.376

Cites: 15

Cited by: 3

Related to: 10