Ethnic Disparities in Obstetric Anesthesia Care in England: Parallels and Paradoxes With Care in the United States

Abstract

(Anaesthesia. 2023;78:799–802) The majority of studies on ethnic disparities in health care environments originate in the United States, where access to care and other factors make the health care experience different for every individual. It has been unclear whether these disparities exist in countries with a more consistently available health care system, such as the United Kingdom. This article comments on a recent study about ethnic disparities in the obstetric anesthesia population in the United Kingdom.