
Healthcare Disparities in Otolaryngology
- 1st Edition - September 20, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Sarah N. Bowe, Erynne A. Faucett
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 7 1 4 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 8 7 2 - 3
While numerous studies have illustrated healthcare disparities within otolaryngology, few have progressed beyond detection. To move ahead, our specialty needs to advance our level… Read more
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While numerous studies have illustrated healthcare disparities within otolaryngology, few have progressed beyond detection. To move ahead, our specialty needs to advance our level of understanding and develop, implement, and disseminate successful interventions toward the goal of eliminating disparities. Healthcare Disparities in Otolaryngology offers comprehensive look at this important topic and its clinical impact on the practice of otolaryngology. After first covering specialty-wide perspectives on factors that are associated with healthcare disparities in otolaryngology, it then focuses on subspecialty specific evidence. Editors and authors represent leading otolaryngology experts who have assembled the most up-to-date recommendations for managing healthcare disparities in the field.
- Covers The Influence of Healthcare System Organization on Healthcare Disparities in Otolaryngology; The Integration of Sex and Gender Considerations in Otolaryngology; Understanding Rural-Urban Disparities in Otolaryngology; The Impact of Health Literacy on Patient Care in Otolaryngology; Hearing Health Disparities: Applying Social Epidemiologic Principles and New Approaches; Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Disparities in Rhinology; Disparities in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea; and much more
- Presents a unique look at healthcare disparities amongst special groups, such as the LGBTQ community and the geriatric population
- Consolidates today's available information on healthcare disparities in otolaryngology into a single, convenient resource
Otolaryngologists in practice
1. Introduction to healthcare disparities in otolaryngology
2. Influence of healthcare system organization on healthcare disparities in otolaryngology
3. The contribution of racial and ethnic biases to disparities across the care cycle and to outcomes in otolaryngology
4. The integration of sex and gender considerations in otolaryngology
5. Improving LGBTQ healthcare in the otolaryngology community
6. Transgender care in otolaryngology
7. Health disparities related to aging
8. Understanding rural–urban disparities in otolaryngology
9. The impact of health literacy on patient care in otolaryngology
10. Healthcare disparities in laryngology and speech language pathology
11. Social determinants of health and demographic disparities in rhinology
12. Hearing health disparities
13. Disparities in cochlear implantation
14. Health disparities in head and neck cancer
15. Disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
16. Health disparities in facial plastic surgery
2. Influence of healthcare system organization on healthcare disparities in otolaryngology
3. The contribution of racial and ethnic biases to disparities across the care cycle and to outcomes in otolaryngology
4. The integration of sex and gender considerations in otolaryngology
5. Improving LGBTQ healthcare in the otolaryngology community
6. Transgender care in otolaryngology
7. Health disparities related to aging
8. Understanding rural–urban disparities in otolaryngology
9. The impact of health literacy on patient care in otolaryngology
10. Healthcare disparities in laryngology and speech language pathology
11. Social determinants of health and demographic disparities in rhinology
12. Hearing health disparities
13. Disparities in cochlear implantation
14. Health disparities in head and neck cancer
15. Disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
16. Health disparities in facial plastic surgery
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 20, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Sarah N. Bowe
Affiliations and expertise
Pediatric Otolaryngologist, Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX, USAEF
Erynne A. Faucett
Affiliations and expertise
Department of OtolaryngologydHead and Neck Surgery, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA, USARead Healthcare Disparities in Otolaryngology on ScienceDirect