title: Racial differences and racial disparities: the distinction matters.
authors: From Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY. alt2127@cumc.columbia.edu.
authors: Anne L
authors: AL
authors: Taylor
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044465:White People
keywords: Editorials; healthcare disparities; minority health; quality of health care; transplants; treatment outcome