A new study from the Urban Institute found that Black parents and their children are more likely to experience unfair treatment when seeking medical care than others . The rate at which Black parents reported this treatment was about higher than parents who are White Hispanic or who identify as part of other racial groups . A formula for calculating kidney function called eGFR only allows two options for race . Only . of US doctors are Black and experts warn the shortage harms public health . The unfair treatment could have negative health consequences cause additional stress to patients and lead them to mistrust the health care system to the point of forgoing necessary treatments . The study was conducted online among a nationally representative sample of US adults ages to but the analysis was based on the responses of parents of children under age . It found that in parents who reported experiencing unfair health care treatment were more likely of Black parents were more often to delay treatments after those experiences . The survey was conducted by the UrbanInstitute of the survey was based upon their responses of people of color and their own children . The research is based on data from the National Health Reform Monitoring Survey was conducted in June 2014 and July 2014. The survey is published by the National Institute of American adults aged between 18 and 28 . The Urban Institute of Health and Human Rights and Human Research Institute of Human Research and Human Resolutions is published on November 14. For more information, visit www.research.org.uk . For more details, visit http://http://www.harvard.org/healthrecommissions.uk/harvard-revisit.org . For confidential support on iReport. For confidential assistance, call The Samaritans. For support on 08457 90 90 90, 08457 08457 909 08/09/
Black parents and their children are more likely to experience unfair treatment when seeking medical care,
