October 25th, 2023: Identifying and Addressing Inequities in Care for People with Disabilities
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Presented by Tara Lagu, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Medical Social Sciences and Director of the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research at Northwestern Medicine
Presented for Grand Rounds at Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
Zoom Passcode: 36n#46lB
Publication Date
10-25-2023
Publisher
MaineHealth
City
Portland, Maine
Keywords
Inequities, Access to Health Care, Disabilities, Physician Attitudes, Medical Education, Grand Rounds
Recommended Citation
Lagu, Tara, "October 25th, 2023: Identifying and Addressing Inequities in Care for People with Disabilities" (2023). Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. 8.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/medicine_gr/8
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Objectives
1. Describe disparities in access to health care for people with disabilities in the United States.
2. Describe what is known about physician attitudes relating to care for people with disabilities, including the role of bias and systematic constraints to providing care.
3. Identify gaps in medical education that contribute to ableist perspectives in health care.
4. Determine strategies to increase accessibility of health care for people with disabilities.