In 2019, Black, Hispanic and Native American populations were underrepresented in the current workforce and education pipeline for 10 health professions, according to data in JAMA Network Open.
There is substantial evidence that shows a diverse health care workforce is “critical to increasing access to care and improving aspects of health care quality among underserved populations,” Edward Salsberg, MPA, co-director of the Health Workforce Diversity Tracker project at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health in Washington, D.C., and colleagues wrote in JAMA Network Open.
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