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: Illinois Medical Malpractice BlogStudy Shows Racial Disparity in Health Care in Chicago; More Amputations
By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti
A study in the May issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery shows that the rate of limb amputation is higher in Chicago?s black communities than in suburban white communities. The data showed that blacks in Chicago are five times more likely to have a limb amputated than suburban whites. Notably, many amputations are preventable. Limb amputations can often be the product of low quality health care and doctor errors, poor access to health care resources, and a doctor's failure to give information about procedures and treatments. One of the more common causes of amputations is untreated pressure sores that may result from diabetes and heart disease.
Read the news story here.
Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).
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