Race is an issue in quality of nursing home care

FROM THE REPORT

The top 10 metropolitan areas in which blacks are more likely than whites to receive substandard nursing home care:

1. Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wisc.
2. St. Louis, Mo.
3. Baltimore, Md.
4. Detroit, Mich.
5. Indianapolis, Ind.
6. South Bend, Ind.
7. Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, Penn.
8. Hartford, Conn.
9. Houston, Texas
10. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla.

Source: September/October issue of Health Affairs and David Barton Smith of Temple University.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1143098020070911

And another article regarding the study at:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-11-nursing-home_N.htm