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

Includes bibliographical references.

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 -- A. Descriptions of national health and health care surveys -- B. Workshop on improving racial and ethnic data in health -- C. Recommendations on the use of socioeconomic position indicators to better understand racial inequalities in health / Patricia O'Campo and Jessica Burke -- D. The role of racial and ethnic data collection in eliminating disparities in health care / Allen Fremont and Nicole Lurie -- E. State collection of racial and ethnic data / Jeffrey J. Geppert, Sara J. Singer, Jay Buechner, Lorin Ranbom, Walter Suarez and Wu Xu -- F. Collection of data on race and ethnicity by private-sector organizations : hospitals, health plans, and medical groups / David Nerenz and Connie Currier -- G. Racial and ethnic data collection by health plans / Carmella Bocchino.

"Disparities in health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeonomic backgrounds in the United States are well documented. The reasons for them, however, are not well understood. Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and Data Needs is a comprehensive study of the collection of data by the U.S. Department of Health and Human services on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic position. It is a broad look at data collections systems both inside the department and by states and private-sector entities. The report identifies strengths and weaknesses in the collection of data on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, as well as language and acculturation in the health and health care fields. It reviews current practices in the collection of data on these measures and recommends improvements. While the level of detail that each system can reasonably collect varies, even a minimal amount of information on race, ethncity, socioeconomic position, and acculturation and language use could be enormously helpful to understanding and promoting policies to eliminate disparities."--BOOK JACKET.

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