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Latino Dialysis Patients Are More at Risk for Staph Infections
Latino and Black patients on dialysis have higher rates of staph bloodstream infections, according to a new CDC report. Dialysis is a treatment for people whose kidneys are failing. “More than half of people in the U.S. receiving dialysis belong to a racial or ethnic minority group—about 1 in every 3 people receiving dialysis is …
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Federal Administration Acts to Improve Access to Kidney Transplants
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model. The proposed model, which […]
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Prevent or Treat: Availability of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Dialysis in High Need Rural Counties
Researchers from the Rural and Minority Health Research Center assess the availability of in-county diabetes self-management education and dialysis across rural and urban counties. Among the findings: at least one […]
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The Number of Uninsured Latinos Decreases to 18%
US Latinos and other racial/ethnic minority populations made historic gains in healthcare coverage in the years after the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to five recent research briefs from the US Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). In the research brief focused on Latinos, research showed that the uninsured rate for …
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Many Latino Families Struggle with Child Care Cost, Access
Child care is crucial for Latino and all families, but some face issues with access and cost. While many Latino households with low incomes used no-cost child care, those who paid out-of-pocket tended to face very high costs, according to a new research brief from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families …
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