Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine

This book discusses health disparities in respiratory medicine and suggests methods to reduce them. In the United States, health disparities are well documented in the care of patients with respiratory disorders, particularly among minorities who often have higher rates of disease and poorer health outcomes. Similarly, differences in health and health outcomes exist between differing socioeconomic groups, with lower income groups generally having poorer health and higher rates of chronic illness. Health Disparities in Respiratory Medicine investigates these differing outcomes through the complex connections between access and quality of treatment available to these groups. Chapters are organized around either causes, diseases, or types of care, including tobacco smoke exposure, environmental air quality, acute respiratory distress syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and end-of-life care. This volume is an ideal resource for pulmonologists, health care administrators, and policy makers who aim to understand disparities in respiratory medicine and take steps to improve the differences among groups.

Chapter 1

Introduction to Health Disparities and Respiratory Health

Andrew Pleasant, Jennifer Cabe, Richard H. Carmona

Chapter 2

Health Disparities in Tobacco Smoking and Smoke Exposure

Pebbles Fagan

Chapter 3

Health Disparities Related to Environmental Air Quality

Sonali Bose, Gregory B. Diette

Chapter 4

Health Disparities in Occupational Exposures

Ken Rosenman

Chapter 5

Health Disparities And Pulmonary Function Testing

Joseph H. Skalski, Rachele A. Gibson, Sarah A. Narotzky, Hemang Yadav, Paul D. Scanlon

Chapter 6

Health Disparities as They Relate to Medication Adherence

Sandra R. Wilson, Meghan Halley, Sarah Knowles

Nancy G. Casanova, Jorge Navarrete, Hector Quijada, Louise Hecker, Joe G. N. Garcia

Chapter 8

Social Disparities in Lung Growth and Respiratory Health

Kelly J. Brunst, Rosalind J.

Chapter 9

Health Disparities in Asthma

Christian Bime

Chapter 10

Health Disparities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Miriam Siegel, Jerry A. Krishnan, Jamie Lamson-Sullivan, Scott Cerreta, David M. Mannino

Chapter 11

Health Disparities and Tuberculosis

Eyal Oren

Chapter 12

Disparities in Lung Cancer Outcomes

Ching-Fei Chang, Gary S. Feigenbaum, Michael K. Gould

Chapter 13

Health Disparities in Critical Illness

Daniel Monroy Chaves, John Daryl Thornton

Chapter 14

Health Disparities in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

Jose S. Loredo

Chapter 15

Health Disparities in End-of-Life Care

Ann C. Long, J. Randall Curtis

Chapter 16

Where Do We Go From Here? Improving Disparities in Respiratory Health

Juan C. Celedón, Gary Ewart, Patricia