The Cost of Prejudice: Discrimination in Health Care Services
Funding Amount
$99,788
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
The Cost of Prejudice: Discrimination in Health Care Services
Funder: The SCAN Foundation
Recipient: UMass Boston
Award Year: 2025
Geographic Scope: National
Strategic Priority: Medicare-Medicaid Integration
Overview
This grant to UMass Boston will examine how various forms of perceived discrimination impact both older adults' experiences with the health care system and any health care costs associated with those experiences within the delivery system.- Forms of discrimination examined: - Racial discrimination - Age discrimination - Gender discrimination - Weight-based discrimination - Sexual orientation discrimination - Physical disability discrimination - Wealth-based discrimination
- Health care system experiences
- Health care costs
- Equity in health care
Focus Areas
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
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- 54
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- Range
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- 2% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 54% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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