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Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Using Federal Data to Support Local Programs to Eliminate Disparities
Author(s) -
Sequist Thomas D.,
Schneider Eric C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
health services research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.706
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1475-6773
pISSN - 0017-9124
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00549.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , health equity , health care , race (biology) , government (linguistics) , strengths and weaknesses , race and health , medicine , political science , psychology , sociology , social psychology , gender studies , linguistics , philosophy , law
To reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care, managers, policy makers, and researchers need valid and reliable data on the race and ethnicity of individuals and populations. The federal government is one of the most important sources of such data. In this paper we review the strengths and weaknesses of federal data that pertain to racial and ethnic disparities in health care. We describe recent developments that are likely to influence how these data can be used in the future and discuss how local programs could make use of these data.