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Pay, opportunity, dignity, and safety: Experts emphasize multiple gaps facing the health care workforce

“There’s a safety gap and a dignity gap and a pay gap and an opportunity gap,” said @choo_ek.
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The evidence is clear: Having a diverse health care workforce can have an impact on patient care.

Research suggests that some patients treated by female physicians have and that black men who are treated by black doctors are to receive more preventive services than their peers

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