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Eliminating Health Disparities:: Measurement and Data Needs

Author Panel on DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnic Data, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
Publisher National Academies Press
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ISBN / ASIN0309092310
ISBN-139780309092319
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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.