Healthcare spending inequality persists, JAMA study shows
“The JAMA study looked at healthcare spending in the United States between 2002-2016. It found that spending varied by race and ethnicity across different types of care, even after adjusting for age and health conditions.
Spending for routine services and treatment was disproportionately higher for white people than for other racial and ethnic groups, JAMA found.
The study included data from 7.3 million health system visits, admissions, or prescriptions.
‘A disproportionately large amount of spending on white individuals existed in 2002 as well,’ the report noted. ‘These differences could not be explained simply by rates of insurance coverage.'”