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Progress for all: addressing disparities in sarcoidosis

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The impact of healthcare disparities in the treatment, care, and outcomes of patients with sarcoidosis has been described. There is paucity of literature on ways to address these disparities with a goal to improving health outcomes for patients with sarcoidosis. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent findings in other respiratory and systemic diseases suggest that multifaceted interventions directed at improving care at various levels including individual, family, and larger societal levels have been successful in dismantling some of the social and structural barriers to care and consequently have resulted in a reduction in disparate disease outcomes. We explore what some of these interventions would look like in sarcoidosis. SUMMARY: The impact of healthcare disparities in the treatment, care, and outcomes of patients with sarcoidosis has been described. We outline various steps and approaches aimed at addressing these health disparities with a goal to improving outcomes for those most impacted by disease.

Source: Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000001104

Authors: Ogugua Ndili Obi, Michelle Sharp, Logan Harper

Institutions: East Carolina University, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

Language: English

Topic: Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: CSL Behring, aTyr, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities