报告：美国种族主义痼疾难愈，医疗不平等致少数族裔健康状况恶化

据美国国会山报网站日前报道，一份由美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院发布的报告，揭示了美国社会根深蒂固的种族主义对少数族裔群体健康的影响。报告指出，结构性种族主义及环境因素，是导致美国少数族裔健康状况恶化的原因。文章称，在过去二十多年中，美国在缩小种族医疗差距方面进展甚微，在医疗保障方面仍然存在严重的、根深蒂固的不平等现象。

“When the Institute of Medicine (now named National Academy of Medicine) released its landmark Unequal Treatment report in 2002, we shed light on the fact that your race could determine the quality of the care you receive,” Victor J. Dzau, president of the National Academy of Medicine, said in a statement.
美国国家医学院院长曹文凯（Victor J. Dzau）在一份声明中指出：“2002年美国医学研究所（现称为美国国家医学院）发布了一份具有里程碑意义的医疗不平等待遇报告。该报告揭示了一个事实，即你的种族可以决定你所接受的医疗质量。”

“Twenty years later, it is clear that our nation has not made enough progress. There are still major inequities inherent in the health care system,” Dzau continued.
曹文凯称：“很明显，二十年后美国还没有取得足够的进步。美国医疗保健系统中仍然存在固有的严重不平等问题。”

The report found that racial and ethnic minorities are significantly less likely to have primary care. During emergency room visits, minorities experience longer wait times and are assigned less acute triage severity scores. Long-term care facilities serving minority residents offer fewer clinical services and have lower staffing levels.
报告发现，少数族裔获得初级医疗保健的可能性显著偏低。在急诊室就诊期间，少数族裔的等待时间更长，急诊分诊级别偏低。为少数族裔群体服务的长期护理机构提供的临床服务较少，人员配备水平较低。

In an analysis of diabetes, that report unearthed that nonwhite patients are less likely to receive newer, higher cost drugs and diabetic technology. Black patients with diabetes experience hospitalization rates more than 2.5 times higher than those for white patients.
在对糖尿病的分析中，该报告发现，非白人糖尿病患者往往更难获得更新、更昂贵的药物和治疗技术。黑人糖尿病患者的住院率是白人患者的2.5倍以上。