National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2006

The 2006 National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) tracks disparities in both quality of and access to health care in the United States for both the general population and for AHRQ's congressionally designated priority populations.

The 2006 NHDR uses the same measures of quality as its companion National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) to monitor the Nation's annual progress toward eliminating disparities in health care. Racial/ethnic group comparison focus on 22 core measures of quality and 6 core measures of access that support reliable estimates for Whites, Blacks, Asians, American Indians/Alaska Natives, and Hispanics; income group comparisons highlight 17 core quality measures and 6 core access measures.

The report presents, in chart format, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care in the general U.S. population and among priority populations. It focuses on four components of quality—effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness—and two components of access—facilitators and barriers to health care and health care utilization.

The 2006 NHDR includes a report and four online appendixes:

• Highlights from NHDR Full Report (PDF File, 640 KB; PDF Help).
• NHDR Full Report (PDF Files: Full Report, 8.6 MB; Errata, 22 KB; Front Matter, 1.8 MB; Chapter 1, .5 MB; Chapter 2, 2.7 MB; Chapter 3, 1 MB; Chapter 4, 3 MB). PDF Help.
• Appendix A, Data Sources—Information on all databases analyzed in the report.
• Appendix B, Detailed Methods—Methods for selected databases.
• Appendix C, Measure Specifications—Information on how to generate each measure.
• Appendix D, Data Tables—Detailed tables for most measures analyzed in the report. (A few measures cannot support detailed tables and are not included here.)
• NHDRnet—Online Data Query System.

Print copies of the 2006 NHDR can be obtained from the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse by calling 1-800-358-9295 or by sending an E-mail to ahrqpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov. Ask for the 2006 National Healthcare Disparities Report (AHRQ Publication No. 07-0012).

Current as of June 2007

Internet Citation:

National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2006. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhdr06/nhdr06.htm