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University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center: Racial Differences Limit Access To Surgery For Black, Latino, And Asian Children
November 29, 2022
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 29 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:

The number of surgeries performed on Black, Latino, and Asian children is significantly lower than among white children in the United States, a UT Southwestern study has found. These differences may reflect inequities in access to surgical care.

The study, published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, examined surgery data for more than 200,0 . . .

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