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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956998903321

Titolo

Eliminating health disparities : measurement and data needs / / Panel on DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data ; Michele Ver Ploeg and Edward Perrin, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

9786610176052

9780309166133

0309166136

9781280176050

1280176059

9780309532662

0309532663

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Ver PloegMichele

PerrinEdward

Disciplina

362.1/0973

Soggetti

Social medicine - United States - Methodology

Health status indicators - United States - Measurement

Social indicators - United States - Measurement

Economic indicators - United States - Measurement

Medical care - United States - Evaluation - Statistical methods

Health services accessibility - United States - Evaluation - Statistical methods

Minorities - Health and hygiene - United States - Statistical methods

Ethnic groups - Health and hygiene - United States - Statistical methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Importance of Data on Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation in Understanding Disparities in Health and Health Care -- 3 Measuring Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation -- 4 DHHS Collection of



Data on Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation and Language Use -- 5 State-Based Collection of Data on Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation and Language Use -- 6 Private-Sector Collection of Data on Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation and Language Use -- References -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A Descriptions of National Health and Health Care Surveys -- Appendix B Workshop on Improving Racial and Ethnic Data in Health -- Appendix C Recommendations on the Use of Socioeconomic Position Indicators to Better Understand Racial Inequalities in Health -- Appendix D The Role of Racial and Ethnic Data Collection in Eliminating Disparities in Health Care -- Appendix E State Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data -- Appendix F Collection of Data on Race and Ethnicity by Private-Sector Organizations: Hospitals, Health Plans, and Medical Groups -- Appendix G Racial and Ethnic Data Collection by Health Plans -- Appendix H Biographical Sketches.

Sommario/riassunto

Disparities in health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds in the United States are well documented. The reasons for these disparities are, however, not well understood. Current data available on race, ethnicity, SEP, and accumulation and language use are severely limited. The report examines data collection and reporting systems relating to the collection of data on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic position and offers recommendations.