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  • What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go From Here? Three Years of the National Healthcare Disparities Report

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    The first National Healthcare Disparities Report was issued by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2003. Now, three years later, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosts a forum to discuss what has been learned following the release of AHRQ's latest progress report on disparities, and how that information can guide us going forward. During the forum, panelists and the audience discuss how the report can inform policy, research and efforts of health plans and…

  • Indian Health Care in the 21st Century: A Case Study in Disparities

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    The Kaiser Family Foundation, in conjunction with the Morris K. Udall Foundation and the American Public Health Association hosted an event on May 9, 2005 which focused on key Indian health issues, including the availability of mental health services, the adequacy of federal funding, and priorities for Indian health. Agenda (.pdf)Speaker Biographies (.pdf) A webcast of this event is available. The event highlighted research that appears in the May 2005 issue of the American Journal…

  • Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Race, Ethnicity and Health Care

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    Race, Ethnicity and Health Care Download a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Race, Ethnicity and Health Care. IssueBackgroundRaising Public and Provider Awareness Expanding Health CoverageImproving the Number and Capacity of Providers in Underserved CommunitiesIncreasing the Knowledge BaseAssessing Candidate PositionsIssue 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.1…

  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Women’s Health Coverage and Access to Care

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    Using data from the 2001 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of nearly 4,000 women between the ages of 18 to 64, this issue brief explores racial and ethnic disparities in health care among women. It provides new information on the differences in health status, health insurance coverage, and selected measures of access to care across three racial/ethnic groups of women: African American, Latina, and white. Issue Brief (.pdf)

  • Health Care Experiences – 2002 National Survey of Latinos Survey Brief

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    This survey brief of new analysis from the 2002 National Survey of Latinos examines Latinos experiences with health care in the United States. Topics discussed include coverage, accessing health care services, and communicating with health care providers. Survey Brief (.pdf)

  • American Indians and Alaska Natives: Health Coverage and Access to Care

    Fact Sheet

    American Indians and Alaska Natives: Health Coverage Access to Care, Fact Sheet A fact sheet examining health coverage and access to care among American Indians and Alaska Natives. This fact sheet is an update to a KCMU fact on the subject issued in June 2000 (#2198). Fact Sheet (.pdf)

  • American Indians and Alaska Native: Health Coverage and Access to Care

    Fact Sheet

    A study of American Indians' and Alaska Natives' access to health care, conducted by researchers from the Urban Institue, University of Arizona and the Kaiser Family Foundation, identifies some of the health policy challenges this population faces. The study was originally published in the Janurary issue of the American Journal of Public Health - a link to the abstract is listed below. Two additional documents were created to accompany the study. A fact sheet titled…