A Gap Between Black And White Residents

Written by RN
Saturday, 19 January 2008
A study done by the researchers that were connected closely with Brown University's medical school discovered a gap in the grade of supervision provided to black and white residents at nursing homes in the 2 states of Maryland and Virginia. Researchers obtained knowledge that black residents at nursing homes in Maryland as well as in Virginia are more in all probability than white residents to be placed in a hospital for care and treatment of poor nutrition, dehydration, bedsores and other bodily disorders. In 2000, the hospitalization rates for black nursing home residents were 24 percent, while for white nursing home residents were 19 percent. The black residents led white residents by 5 percent. The researchers decided by reasoning that the neediest nursing home residents throughout the nation werethe most probably to be put in a hospital for care and treatment. It is understandable that inadequacy is a big factor for hospitalization. [Via ABC News ]

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