Medical Care Research and Review

Journal Supplement

This special supplement of includes: original research tracking trends in disparities in health coverage and access to care over two decades; literature syntheses focused on medical treatment and the decision-making process; legal analysis of civil rights laws in the context of managed care; and findings from a national survey of public awareness of racial inequities in care.

The supplement is comprised of work commissioned by the Foundation for its 1999 national policy roundtable, Race, Ethnicity, and Medical Care: Improving Access in a Diverse Society, along with other independently submitted papers.

Note: This publication is no longer in circulation. However, a few copies may still exist in the Foundation’s internal library that could be xeroxed. Please email order@kff.org if you would like to pursue this option.