Chart of the Day: Longer Prescriptions Could Equalize All Patients’ Medication Supply
A Simple Change to Clinicians’ Prescribing System Reduced Prescription Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Income
Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
Chris Tachibana is a Staff Writer for Penn LDI. She is also Senior Managing Editor of the journal Health Services Research, and a scientific editor for Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. Before moving to a career in scientific writing and editing, she was a research scientist and undergraduate instructor at the University of Washington and Penn State University. She also taught at Salt Lake Community College. She holds a BA from Whitman College, an MS from Cornell University, and a PhD from the University of Oregon.
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