Minority Health: Recent Findings |
Program BriefThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) supports research and other activities designed to improve quality, enhance access to care, and address disparities in health care for all Americans, including racial and ethnic minorities. This program brief summarizes recent findings (2008-2012) from published articles and other reports sponsored by AHRQ that focus on minority health and disparities reduction. Select to download print version (PDF File, 544 KB; Plugin Software Help). ContentsIntroductionImproving Health Care for Minority Populations Cancer Cardiovascular Disease Care for the Elderly/Long-Term Care Chronic Illness Emergency Care/Hospitalization Health Care Access, Costs, and Insurance Mental/Behavioral Health Preventive Services Quality of Care/Patient Safety Reproductive Health and Birth Outcomes Additional Studies National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports For More Information IntroductionThe overall health of the American population has improved over the past few decades, but not all Americans have benefitted equally from these improvements. Minority populations, in particular, continue to lag behind whites in a number of areas, including quality of care, access to care, timeliness, and outcomes. Other health care problems that disproportionately affect minorities include provider biases, poor provider-patient communication, and health literacy issues.Improvements in preventive services, care for chronic conditions, and access to care have led to a reduction and in some cases elimination of disparities in access to and receipt of care for some minority populations in areas such as receipt of mammography, timing of antibiotics, counseling for smoking cessation, and pediatric vision care. On the other hand, disparities in care continue to be a problem for some conditions and populations. For example, blacks, Asians, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Hispanics continue to lag behind whites in the percentage of the population over 50 who receive colon cancer screening, and this gap has widened in recent years. Disparities also have increased for blacks and Hispanics, compared with whites, in the percentage of adults diagnosed with a major depressive disorder who received treatment for their depression in the 12 months following diagnosis. Improving Health Care for Minority PopulationsThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality supports extramural and intramural research on a broad range of topics related to health care quality and safety, effectiveness and outcomes, evidence-based medicine, health care delivery, and the costs and financing of health care. AHRQ also supports targeted research on health care for specific priority populations, including minorities. Additional resources and more detailed information can be found by visiting the AHRQ Web site at www.ahrq.gov.This program brief summarizes findings from AHRQ-supported research on minority health reported in the literature and/or published by AHRQ from 2008 through mid-2012. Items marked with an asterisk (*) are available from AHRQ. Select for more information. Cancer
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miércoles, 20 de febrero de 2013
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Minority Health: Recent Findings
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