Eliminating health disparities : measurement and data needs /

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 lim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data
Otros Autores: Ver Ploeg, Michele, Perrin, Edward
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2004.
Temas:
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.
Ethnic groups.
Outcome assessment (Medical care)
Statistics > Methodology.
Data Collection
Ethnicity
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Health Status Indicators
Socioeconomic Factors
Treatment Outcome
Evaluation Studies
Médecine sociale > États-Unis > Méthodologie.
Services de santé > Accessibilité > États-Unis > Évaluation > Méthodes statistiques.
Minorités > Santé et hygiène > États-Unis > Méthodes statistiques.
Groupes ethniques > Santé et hygiène > États-Unis > Méthodes statistiques.
Statistique > Méthodologie.
Groupes ethniques.
Évaluation des résultats (Soins médicaux)
ethnic groups.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Ethnic groups
Health status indicators > Measurement
Medical care > Evaluation > Statistical methods
Social medicine > Methodology
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The importance of data on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and acculturation in understanding disparities in health and health care
  • Measuring race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and acculturation
  • DHHS collection of data on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and acculturation and language use
  • State-based collection of data on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and acculturation and language use
  • Private-sector collection of data on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic position, and acculturation and language.

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