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The Cost of Prejudice: Discrimination in Health Care Services

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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.

    Focus Areas

  • 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 & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

nonprofitsseniorshealthcarehealth-disparities

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