The Tennessean: Nashville's health disparities by race and income are wide, but incentives are a solution | Opinion
Dr. Joseph Webb discusses the health disparities in Tennessee and how the NGH's success of its Metro Healthcare Incentive Program is expanding access and addressing the affordability of healthcare in our community.
April 24, 2024
Joseph Webb | Guest Columnist
Health equity, defined as the attainment of the highest level of health for all people, emphasizes valuing everyone equally and undertaking societal efforts to mitigate avoidable inequalities and eliminate health and healthcare disparities.
This principle is particularly relevant in Nashville, where the 2018 Nashville Health Equity Report highlighted troubling disparities: Davidson County's infant mortality rate was 7.1 per 1,000 live births, significantly higher for non-Hispanic Black infants at 12.6, compared to 4.2 for non-Hispanic White infants.
