title: Global health disparities: crisis in the diaspora.
abstract: The United States spends more than the rest of the world on healthcare. In 2000, the U.S. health bill was 1.3 trillion dollars, 14.5% of its gross domestic product. Yet, according to the WHO World Health Report 2000, the United States ranked 37th of 191 member nations in overall health system performance. Racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes are the most obvious examples of an unbalanced healthcare system. This presentation will examine health disparities in the United States and reveal how health disparities among and within countries affect the health and well-being of the African Diaspora.
authors.forename: Raymond L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014943:Global Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency / Q000208:ethnology; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D012962:Sociology, Medical; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology