title: Going backward into the future.
abstract: Racial and ethnic disparities in medical treatment persist 40 years after passage of Medicare and Medicaid legislation. Concerns about rising healthcare costs have overshadowed efforts to eliminate inequality in treatment. Eliminating disparities in treatment requires linking goals with financial incentives.
authors.affiliation: Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. david.smith@temple.edu
authors.forename: David Barton
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006278:Medicare; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States