Health Outcomes in the Inner Cities

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This 30 page paper discusses several related topics having to do with poverty, the inner cities, and health. These topics include isolation, residential segregation, health and income equity, race, urban emergency medicine and the implications of poverty. The writer argues that numerous studies have linked poverty and poor health outcomes, and that people living in poverty in the inner cities are consistently shown to have poorer health than those who do not live in such conditions. The situation has been conclusively demonstrated to be worse for minority populations, especially African-Americans. The writer explains why these conditions exist, as well as touching on the overuse of emergency rooms by the poor. There are 34 sources listed in the bibliography.