Overcoming the Impact of Students for Fair Admission v Harvard to Build a More Representative Health Care Workforce: Perspectives from Ending Unequal Treatment
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
10-3-2024
Journal
The Milbank quarterly
DOI
10.1111/1468-0009.12718
Keywords
Ending Unequal Treatment; health care workforce; health equity
Abstract
Policy Points In a recently commissioned report on solutions for eliminating racial and ethnic health care inequities entitled Ending Unequal Treatment, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found a health workforce that is representative of the communities it serves is essential for health care equity. The Supreme Court decision to ban race-conscious admission constraints pathways toward health workforce representativeness and equity. This paper draws on the National Academies report's findings that health care workforce representativeness improves care quality, population health, and equity to discuss policy and programmatic options for various participants to promote health workforce representativeness in the context of race-conscious admissions bans.
APA Citation
Guilamo-Ramos, Vincent; Thimm-Kaiser, Marco; Benzekri, Adam; Shim, Ruth S.; Amankwah, Francis K.; and Rosenbaum, Sara, "Overcoming the Impact of Students for Fair Admission v Harvard to Build a More Representative Health Care Workforce: Perspectives from Ending Unequal Treatment" (2024). GW Authored Works. Paper 5881.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/5881
Department
Health Policy and Management