Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health of Adults in the United States: A 20-Year National Health Interview Survey Analysis, 1999-2018.

Shiwani MahajanCésar CaraballoYuan LuDorothy MasseyKarthik MurugiahAmarnath R AnnapureddyBrita RoyCarley RileyOyere OnumaMarcella Nunez-SmithJavier Valero-ElizondoHoward P FormanKhurram NasirJeph HerrinHarlan M Krumholz

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2020)

The marked racial/ethnic disparities in health of US adults have not improved over the last 20 years. Moreover, the self-perceived health of US adults worsened during this time. These findings highlight the need to re-examine the initiatives seeking to promote health equity and improve health.

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