Minority Medicine in Music City
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Title
Minority Medicine in Music City
Subject
Nashville Healthcare and Hospital Providers
Description
Systemic racism decreases minority health by reducing the availability and quality of health facilities. Private corporations and insurance markets are partly responsible, but local government has also played a role.
For-profit hospital companies dominate healthcare today. Minorities are significantly less insured than whites. Income disparity limits access to privately owned hospitals both geographically and economically. Racial and ethnic minorities have lower overall health because less access to system. This is not just a Nashville trend, but a national one.
The Nashville hospital system gives minority users a lower quality of care. Minority hospitals are fewer in number (1), overburdened and offer fewer specialties and trauma care. For example: Meharry/ Nashville General, which primarily services the uninsured populace with 116 beds, 34,000 ER visits, 4,000 admits, and 0 affiliated physicians. In contrast, Southern Hills Medical Center, a suburban hospital that primarily serves white patients has 101 beds, 36,000 ED visits, 3,500 admits, and 114 affiliated physicians.
For-profit hospital companies dominate healthcare today. Minorities are significantly less insured than whites. Income disparity limits access to privately owned hospitals both geographically and economically. Racial and ethnic minorities have lower overall health because less access to system. This is not just a Nashville trend, but a national one.
The Nashville hospital system gives minority users a lower quality of care. Minority hospitals are fewer in number (1), overburdened and offer fewer specialties and trauma care. For example: Meharry/ Nashville General, which primarily services the uninsured populace with 116 beds, 34,000 ER visits, 4,000 admits, and 0 affiliated physicians. In contrast, Southern Hills Medical Center, a suburban hospital that primarily serves white patients has 101 beds, 36,000 ED visits, 3,500 admits, and 114 affiliated physicians.
Creator
John Gossen
Publisher
Mary Ellen Pethel
Date
2015
Rights
Attribution-ShareAlike
CC BY-SA
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
CC BY-SA
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Healthcare, Presentation, Nahsville
Coverage
Nashville
Files
Collection
Citation
John Gossen, “Minority Medicine in Music City,” Making Modern Nashville, accessed April 28, 2024, https://drpethel.com/nashville/items/show/25.