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Additional reading:

Special Supplement, Medical Care Research and Review, October 2007.

• Chin, M. H., A. E. Walters, et al. (2007). "Interventions to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care." Medical Care Research & Review 64(5_suppl): 7S-28.

Current Issue, Health Affairs, Current Issue, April 2008, Volume 27, No. 2.

• Acevedo-Garcia, D., T. L. Osypuk, et al. (2008). "Toward A Policy-Relevant Analysis Of Geographic And Racial/Ethnic Disparities In Child Health." Health Aff 27(2): 321-333. 
• Fisher-Owens, S. A., J. C. Barker, et al. (2008). "Giving Policy Some Teeth: Routes To Reducing Disparities In Oral Health." Health Aff 27(2): 404-412.
• McGuire, T. G. and J. Miranda (2008). "New Evidence Regarding Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Mental Health: Policy Implications." Health Aff 27(2): 393-403.
• Smedley, B. D. (2008). "Moving Beyond Access: Achieving Equity In State Health Care Reform." Health Aff 27(2): 447-455.

Updated 4/16/2008