Katelan Cline, Micah Beachy, Priscilla W. Carr, Micah Beachy, Priscilla W. Carr, Lesleigh A. Box, Angela Johnson, Cynthia Jumper, Erica Leser, Tammy Lin, Selvam Joseph Mascarenhas, Celeste Newby, Austin Oslock, Priya Radhakrishnan, Jenny R. Silberger, Jamar Slocum, John Hall
In the United States, people with disabilities experience disparities in health and health care. Disparities stem from inadequate insurance coverage, physically and culturally inaccessible health care facilities, pervasive harmful misconceptions about disability, and incomprehensive epidemiologic data regarding disability. In this position paper, the American College of Physicians offers recommendations to alleviate health disparities among people with disabilities through policy changes in areas such as health insurance coverage, accessibility of health care facilities, health professional education, research participation, and data collection.