Reducing Disparities in Diabetes

WE CAN DO MORE TO REDUCE DISPARITIES IN DIABETES MORE THAN 25.8 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIABETES IN THE UNITED STATES. RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE. THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE Prevalence of Diabetes DIABETES HITS MINORITY %3D COMMUNITIES THE HARDEST, WITH RATES THE HIGHEST AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS, HISPANIC AMERICANS, AND ASIAN AMERICANS. PHARMACY THE PHARMACY OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD, Re HEALTH INEQUALITIES COST $$$$$$$$$ MINORITIES NEARLY $230 BILLION. THE EMERGENCY ROOM EMERGENCY MINORITIES EXPERIENCE HIGHER PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATION RATES. ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES REDUCES DIRECT MEDICAL CARE COSTS. THE CLINICAL TRIAL CLINICAL TRIALS HELP BRING NEW DIABETES TREATMENTS TO PATIENTS, BUT RECENT STUDIES SHOW THAT NON - WHITE Dabetes Clinical Trial PEOPLE REPRESENT LESS THAN 5 PERCENT OF OVERALL PARTICIPANTS. VISIT @LILLYPAD TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT POLICIES THAT IMPACT DIABETES CARE. LillyPad Lete, Sources http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=3&lvlid%=62 http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/04/04/3422904/clinical-trials-racial-diversity/ http://americaswire.org/drupal7/?q=content/health-disparities-cause-financial- burdens-families-communities-and-health-care-system-0