Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

This Black Health Care chartbook is part of a family of documents and tools that support the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). The QDR includes annual reports to Congress mandated in the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-129). This chartbook includes a summary of trends across measures of Black health care from the QDR and figures illustrating select measures of Black health care. A PowerPoint version is also available that users can download for presentations.

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Chartbook on Black Health Care [PDF File, 2.96 MB]
Chartbook on Black Health Care: Slide Presentation [PowerPoint File, 3.6 MB]

Acknowledgments
Health Care for Blacks
Part 1: Overviews of the Report and the Black Population
Part 2: Trends in Priorities of the Heckler Report
Care for Cancer
Care for Cardiovascular Diseases
Care for Substance Use Disorders
Care for Diabetes
Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Care
Infant Mortality and Maternity Care
References
Part 3: Trends in Access and Priorities of the National Quality Strategy
National Quality Strategy Priorities
Patient Safety
Person- and Family-Centered Care
Care Coordination
Effective Treatment
Healthy Living
Care Affordability
References

Persons using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in the Powerpoint file. For assistance, contact Doreen Bonnett at (301) 427-1899 or Doreen.Bonnett@AHRQ.hhs.gov. The accessible version of the slide presentation will be available by April 2016.

Page last reviewed February 2016

Internet Citation: Chartbook on Health Care for Blacks. February 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/index.html