Award, presented for extraordinary commitment in the area of public health.
Quote:“ The right thing to do, the smart thing to do by enhancing diversity in the health profession is to promote enhanced diversity in medical education for several reasons: enhancement of educational and civic outcomes; building social capital and trust, and enhancing cultural competence in health care.”
Dr. Jose Escarce
Jose J. Escarce, M. D., |
Ph. D., is a Senior Natural |
Scientist at RAND. His |
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technological change in medicine. Dr. Escarce has studied racial differences in the utilization of surgical procedures and diagnostic tests by elderly Medicare beneficiaries and was lead investigator of a study of racial differences in medical care utilization among older persons that was based on the 1987 National Medical Expenditures Survey.
His recent research for an NIH conference used the 1996- 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to assess racial and ethnic differences in public and private sources of health care expenditures in the Medicare population. Dr. Escarce is currently working on several projects that address socio-demographic barriers to access in managed care organizations and is principal investigator of a program project entitled“ Health Care Markets and Vulnerable Populations,” which uses the MEPS and is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Among other issues, the program project addresses racial and ethnic differences in access to and quality of medical care. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.
The Frontline Soldier Dr. David Campa is Chief Medical Officer, Northeast Valley Health Corporation Director, Primary Care- Ambulatory Care Network, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Dr. David Campa is the Interim Medical Director for the High Desert Health Center Group.
After graduating from the UC San Francisco School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He joined Health Services in 2012 as the Director of Primary Care for the Ambulatory Care Network. In 2019, he became a member of the High Desert Health Center Group’ s leadership team with whom he works to provide high quality, patient-centered health care to Antelope Valley communities.
Quote: Simply put and pragmatic-“ I have a strong interest in the provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate health care services to multicultural communities in California.”
Community Accomplishments
Accomplishments of Health Centers Excellent Quality of Care: chronic conditions, preventive care, fewer infant deaths Major Impact on Minority Health: Significant reductions in disparities Higher Cost-Effectiveness: lower specialty referrals and hospital admissions
• By individuals
• The founding of an AMA or NMA – type professional education, professional development, and advancement organization?
• Innovations or inventions by a Hispanic-led research team, such as …
• Have scholarships and other steps to break barriers been effective?
Quote:“ The factors that make immigrants vulnerable to poor health and inferior medical care can be remedied, in part, through policies that apply to disadvantaged populations more generally, including those for living wages, access to education, decent housing, and safe jobs.”
CDU College of Medicine | PG. 13