Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and State
This updated fact sheet shows variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators.
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Today’s Topics In Health Disparities
Event Date:EventThe Kaiser Family Foundation presents a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion will feature a panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering questions from webcast viewers.
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Today’s Topics In Health Disparities: The Effect of the Economic Downturn on the Health of Communities of Color
Event Date:EventTranscript (.pdf) On Wednesday, March 25, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a live, interactive webcast to examine the economic downturn’s impact on health care in communities of color as part of its Today's Topics In Health Disparities series.
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Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: What are the Options?
Issue BriefDownload PDF Racial and ethnic disparities in health care – whether in insurance coverage, access, or quality of care – are one of many factors producing inequalities in health status in the United States.
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Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care — Issues for Reform
EventMarsha Lillie-Blanton, Dr.P.H., Kaiser senior advisor on race, ethnicity and health care, testified before the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee about the role of health insurance in reducing disparities in health care and in health status. The testimony is part of an ongoing health reform hearing series. Testimony (.pdf) Slides (.
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Health Coverage and Access to Care Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Fact SheetA new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum examines the health coverage, access to health care, and health status of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ethnic groups in the United States, and finds that certain subgroups are doing much worse than others in terms…
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Key Health Disparities-Focused Legislation Introduced in the 110th Congress
Other PostThis compendium summarizes about a dozen federal legislative initiatives introduced in the 110th Congress to address racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care.
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The Health Status of African American Men in the United States
Fact SheetThe Health Status of African American Men in the United States This fact sheet provides an overview of the health of the nation's 17.3 million African American men, including mortality rates, health status, insurance coverage and access to care. It also looks at the population's socioeconomic factors that relate to health status. Fact Sheet (.
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Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care
ReportThe Kaiser Family Foundation's updated version of Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care, 2007 Update, serves as a quick reference source on health disparities, presenting the best available data and analysis.
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Fact Sheet: Young African American Men in the United States
ReportThis fact sheet highlights key information about the education, health and overall status of young African American men, including comparisons to other groups. It was released at a July 2006 event, "Paths to Success: A Forum on Young African American Men." Fact Sheet (.