Ethnicity And Family Income Affect The Frequency Of Ear Infections. Part 2 of 2

The study appears in the November issue of the journal Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. “Our goal was to provide an on target demographic picture of the US so that we could identify disparities to target for intervention,” study co-author Dr Nina Shapiro, director of pediatric otolaryngology at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and an comrade professor of surgery at the Geffen School of Medicine, said in an American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery news release. “Clearly, we found that children of certain ethnicities who tolerate from frequent ear infections are more likely to face greater barriers to care. This information provides an opportunity for improvements in our current healthcare reform”.

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