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Specific Disparities

PROLOGUE

Addressing Specific Disparities

The realization on the economic front that the "rising tide" does not necessarily lift all boats has been borne out by U.S. income data showing that the chasm between rich and poor has only widened over the past several years. An analogue in the health care context can be found in the discourse surrounding efforts to eliminate health care disparities. As we learned from Kenneth Keppel and colleagues in their Sep/Oct 2007 paper, although improving quality of care and eliminating disparities "both focus on improving health, progress toward one goal does not necessarily ensure progress toward the other."

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