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MEPS Topics: Health Care Disparities

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Visit the AHRQ Data Tools to explore AHRQ data resources to view and analyze statistics on all aspects of healthcare in the United States.

Health Care Disparities

Description: The Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 directed AHRQ to track "prevailing disparities in health care delivery as it relates to racial factors and socioeconomic factors in priority populations." The priority populations to be tracked are:

Minority groups
Low income groups
Women
Children
Elderly
Individuals with special health care needs, including individuals with disabilities and individuals who need chronic care or end-of-life care.

In addition, this legislation directs AHRQ to examine health care delivery in rural areas. Additional information on health care disparities is available in the annual National Healthcare Disparities Report which uses MEPS as one of its data sources.
Since demographic characteristics are collected in the MEPS-HC, health care disparities can be examined for any topics within the MEPS HC survey.

Publications: Publications are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

Top 10 Most Costly Conditions among Men and Women, 2008: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Adult Population, Age 18 and Older

Statistical Brief #331

Patient-Provider Communication by Race/Ethnicity and Disability Status: United States, 2007

Statistical Brief #312

Trends in the Pharmaceutical Treatment of Diabetes: A Comparison of Utilization and Expenditures, 1997 to 2007

Statistical Brief #293

Trends in Access to Health Care: Disparities by Poverty Status and Health Insurance, 1996-2006

Statistical Brief #265

Differences in Access to Care for Non-Hispanic Asian and Non-Hispanic White Children, 2002-2005

Statistical Brief #224

Differences in Access to Care for Non-Hispanic Asian and Non-Hispanic White Children, 2002-2005

Statistical Brief #224

Demographics and Health Care Access and Utilization of Limited-English-Proficient and English-Proficient Hispanics

Research Findings #28

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Coverage and Usual Source of Health Care, 2002

Chartbook #14

Utilization and Expenditures for Children with Special Health Care Needs

Research Findings #24

The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2002 to 2003: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65

Statistical Brief #104

Health Care Expenses: Poor, Near Poor, and Low Income People in the United States Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2002

Working Paper #5016

Women's Health Care Utilization and Expenditures

Working Paper #5014

The Uninsured in America, 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65

Statistical Brief #83

Demographic and Clinical Variations in Health Status

Methodology Report #15

The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2001 to 2002: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65

Statistical Brief #67

The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2000 to 2001: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65

Statistical Brief #57

Health Care in Urban and Rural Areas, Combined Years 1998-2000

Chartbook #13

Health Insurance Coverage and Income Levels for the U.S. Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65, 2001

Statistical Brief #40

Women in the Health Care System: Health Status, Insurance, and Access to Care

Research Findings #17

Disparities and Gender Gaps in Women's Health, 1996

Chartbook #8

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