I like your point about the role that time pressure may have on disparities – it is not just that this pressure can exacerbate stereotype, but also that it means that patients who are or seem to be more challenging and time-intensive will receive less attention. This obviously relates to the topic of literacy and numeracy that you included in the discussion of structural barriers. I also agree that standardization of care – through things like guidelines, decision support tools, etc., can be one way to overcome disparities. However, as we discussed in class, you also have to be careful to ensure that care is individualized as well, and that in the drive to prevent disparities we don’t lose sight of this patient-centered principle. I am also wondering if you intentionally did not include implicit bias in your answer to #2 – is this something you think contributes to health care disparities?