Health Equity

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) often face inadequate care, which can lead to unnecessary hospital visits and preventable complications. Barriers to care for patients with SCD span individual, interpersonal, provider, and socio-environmental levels. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a severe, inherited disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans in the United States. Despite available treatments,...

Economic disparities are higher across patients with SCD compared to the population without SCD, and these disparities may worsen existing racial disparities. One analysis simulated the effect of a cure on the financial well-being of patients with SCD. Economic disparities exist across patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), especially those of different racial and socioeconomic...