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MEPS Topics: Health Care Disparities
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Health Care Disparities
Description: The Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 directed AHRQ to track "prevailing disparities in health care delivery as it relates to racial factors and socioeconomic factors in priority populations." The priority populations to be tracked are:
  • Minority groups
  • Low income groups
  • Women
  • Children
  • Elderly
  • Individuals with special health care needs, including individuals with disabilities and individuals who need chronic care or end-of-life care.

In addition, this legislation directs AHRQ to examine health care delivery in rural areas. Additional information on health care disparities is available in the annual National Healthcare Disparities Report.

Since demographic characteristics are collected in the MEPS-HC, health care disparities can be examined for any topics within the MEPS HC survey.
Data tables: Most HC Summary Data Tables provide data by age, sex, race/ethnicity, health insurance status, poverty status, geographic region, urban vs. rural, and health status.
Analytic tools: You can use the MEPSnet/HC query tool to generate your own tables.
Publications: Publications are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
Utilization and Expenditures for Children with Special Health Care Needs. 
Research Findings #24 
The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2002 to 2003: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65. 
Statistical Brief #104 
Health Care Expenses: Poor, Near Poor, and Low Income People in the United States Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2002. 
Working Paper #5016 
Women's Health Care Utilization and Expenditures. 
Working Paper #5014 
The Uninsured in America, 2004: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65. 
Statistical Brief #83 
Demographic and Clinical Variations in Health Status. 
Methodology Report #15 
The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2001 to 2002: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65. 
Statistical Brief #67 
The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2000 to 2001: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65. 
Statistical Brief #57 
Health Care in Urban and Rural Areas, Combined Years 1998-2000. 
Chartbook #13 
Health Insurance Coverage and Income Levels for the U.S. Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65, 2001. 
Statistical Brief #40 
Disparities and Gender Gaps in Women's Health, 1996. 
Chartbook #8 
The Uninsured in America--1999. 
Highlights #13 
Women in the Health Care System: Health Status, Insurance, and Access to Care. 
Research Findings #17 
Health Status and Limitations: A Comparison of Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites, 1996. 
Research Findings #10 
The Uninsured in America -- 1997.. 
Highlights #10 
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health, 1996. 
Chartbook #2 
Uninsured Workers--Demographic Characteristics, 1996.. 
Highlights #7 
Health Insurance Profile: Race/Ethnicity and Sex--1996.. 
Highlights #6 
Access to Health Care in America, 1996.. 
Highlights #3 
The Uninsured in America--1996.. 
Highlights #1 
  
  
   Page last revised:  September 5, 2006
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