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2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

(5 days ago) WEBFor the 21st year, AHRQ is reporting on healthcare quality and disparities. The annual National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report is mandated by Congress to provide a comprehensive overview of the quality of healthcare received by the general U.S. …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK600459/

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Race, Inequality, and Health KFF

(5 days ago) WEBHealth and health care disparities refer to differences in health and health care between groups that The Administration and Congress took a range of actions to stabilize and increase access

https://www.kff.org/health-policy-101-race-inequality-and-health/

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H.R.7585 - Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2022

(Just Now) WEBFor example, the bill (1) requires more detailed reporting of demographic and health disparities data, including related to public health emergencies; (2) directs certain components of HHS to support health workforce diversity; and (3) increases access to culturally and linguistically appropriate health care.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7585

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2023 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report

(4 days ago) WEBdisparities. As mandated by the U.S. Congress, the report focuses on “national trends in the quality of health care provided to the American people” (42 U.S.C. 299b-2(b)(2)) and “prevailing disparities in health care delivery as it relates to racial factors and socioeconomic factors in priority populations” (42 U.S.C. 299a1(a)(6)).

https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2023nhqdr-introduction-rev.pdf

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Key Data on Health and Health Care by Race and Ethnicity

(6 days ago) WEBRacial and ethnic disparities in health and health care remain a persistent challenge in the United States. The COVID-19 pandemic’s uneven impact for people of color drew increased attention to

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/report/key-data-on-health-and-health-care-by-race-and-ethnicity/

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Disparities Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

(4 days ago) WEBNational Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports The annual National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report is mandated by Congress to provide a comprehensive overview of the quality of health care received by the general U.S. population and disparities in care experienced by different racial and socioeconomic groups. The …

https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/disparities.html

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Health Equity and Disparities During the COVID-19 …

(4 days ago) WEBProtected Classes Under the Civil Rights Act: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 addresses discrimination based on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex in numerous contexts.3 The act and its applicability in preventing health disparities in general and during the COVID-19 pandemic is discussed further below.

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46861/1

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Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in U.S. Health Care

(8 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Profound racial and ethnic disparities in health and well-being have long been the norm in the United States. Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) people live fewer years, on …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/scorecard/2021/nov/achieving-racial-ethnic-equity-us-health-care-state-performance

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Structural Racism In Historical And Modern US Health Care Policy

(Just Now) WEBIn 1981 Congress passed legislation requiring better state accountability for DSH payments, but oversight gaps remained. Disparities in health and health care: 5 key questions and answers

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01466

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Health, United States, 2020–2021: Annual Perspective

(6 days ago) WEBThe Health, United States, 2020–2021: Annual Perspective is the 44th edition of the congressionally mandated annual report on health statistics. The report is submitted on behalf of the HHS Secretary to the President and Congress in compliance with Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act (9). This brief annual report integrates selected

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus20-21.pdf

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Key Health Disparities-Focused Legislation Introduced in the 110th …

(9 days ago) WEBThis compendium summarizes about a dozen federal legislative initiatives introduced in the 110th Congress to address racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. Although the 110th

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/key-health-disparities-focused-legislation-introduced-in/

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Advancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care: State Disparities

(6 days ago) WEBAdvancing Racial Equity in U.S. Health Care. The Commonwealth Fund 2024 State Health Disparities Report. Dr. Reshma Chugani checks 7-year-old Zoe Oliver’s ears during a medical visit at Atlanta Children’s Clinical Center on September 29, 2023. Health care system performance varies widely by race and ethnicity, both within states …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/apr/advancing-racial-equity-us-health-care

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H.R.8436 - Equal Health Care for All Act - Library of Congress

(5 days ago) WEBText for H.R.8436 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Equal Health Care for All Act. skip to main content Members shall have recognized expertise in and personal experience with racial and ethnic health disparities, health care needs of vulnerable and marginalized populations, and health equity as a vehicle for improving health status and …

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8436/text

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“Health Care Inequality: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities …

(7 days ago) WEB“Health Care Inequality: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 and the Health Care System” (Virtual Hearing) (Virtual Hearing) 116th Congress (2019-2020) House Committee Hearing Hide Overview . Committee: House Energy and Commerce: Related Items: Data will display when it becomes available. Date:

https://www.congress.gov/event/116th-congress/house-event/110812?s=1&r=20

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The Patient Navigator Outreach and Chronic Disease …

(4 days ago) WEBscreening in primary care at a population level. Einstein is a participating site for the study, with investigators from the Center for Urban Health Policy and Research serving as part of the research team. In the studies mentioned, Patient Navigator Programs helped reduce health care disparities by facilitating communication between patients and

https://jdc.jefferson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1639&context=hpn

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N.J.’s health system is failing underserved groups. How can the …

(4 days ago) WEBThe Commonwealth Fund analysis showed some promising gains for underserved communities in New Jersey. Black women, for instance, had the highest rate of having mammograms among all groups. But at

https://www.nj.com/healthfit/2021/11/njs-health-system-is-failing-underserved-groups-how-can-the-care-divide-be-bridged.html

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National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act approved in US Congress

(3 days ago) WEBIt intends to work to increase federal research funding, create standards and measures to promote Parkinson’s prevention, improve ways of diagnosing the disease earlier, develop more effective pathways to Parkinson’s treatments, and find new or better patient care models.Addressing health disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical …

https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news/mjff-cheers-us-passage-national-plan-end-parkinsons-act/

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Men’s Health Month 2024: Learn More About SDOH

(5 days ago) WEBSDOH are the conditions in which people are born, grow, learn, work, play, live, and age, and the wider set of structural factors shaping the conditions of daily life. Health disparities are the preventable differences in burden of disease, injury, violence, and opportunities to achieve optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged groups.

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/mens-health-month-2024-learn-more-about-sdoh

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5 Indiana organizations get federal funds to address maternal, …

(3 days ago) WEBNearly $5 million in federal funding is going to community organizations and hospitals in Indiana to address the state’s persistent disparities in infant and maternal health outcomes. Five organizations will receive funding to address the health care and social needs of parents and infants. Indiana programs will provide a variety of services

https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-05-21/5-indiana-organizations-get-federal-funds-to-address-maternal-infant-health-disparities

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The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We …

(9 days ago) WEBOral health: Approximately one in seven people were unable to get or delayed getting needed dental care due to cost in 2019, a rate far higher than the percentage of people unable to get or get needed medical care due to cost. The data also indicate that access to oral healthcare and outcomes has improved for children, not adults.

https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html

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Brainstorm Health: How COVID exposed the inequalities in health …

(4 days ago) WEBHow COVID exposed the inequality in our health care system: ‘Now is the time of reckoning’. Dr. Uché Blackstock, founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, speaks during Fortune’s

https://fortune.com/well/2024/05/21/brainstorm-health-equity-dei-diversity-inclusion-covid-19/

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Buchanan, Moore Launch Congressional Preventive Health and …

(7 days ago) WEBWASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman of the Health Subcommittee, and Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) announced the launch of the bipartisan Congressional Preventive Health and Wellness Caucus.The caucus will work to bring awareness to the …

https://buchanan.house.gov/2024/5/buchanan-moore-launch-congressional-preventive-health-and-wellness-caucus

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Medical Advancements

(5 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes remain persistent in the United States, driven by inequities in access to and utilization of health care services and broader social

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-access-to-medical-advancements-and-technologies/

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Study finds significant disparities in the delivery of cancer-related …

(3 days ago) WEBOf approximately 2.9 million patients who received care at 1,330 hospitals between 2010 and 2019, 9.3% were treated at MSHs. Among patients with breast cancer, those treated at MSHs were 17% less

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-significant-disparities-delivery-cancer.html

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Senators See Possible Conflicts of Interest in Health Care Pricing

(9 days ago) WEBSenators See Possible Conflicts of Interest in Health Care Pricing Tools. A data analytics firm that helps insurers collect big fees while leaving some patients with unpaid bills has been summoned

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/us/senate-multiplan-health-care-pricing.html

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NJSHAD - Health Disparities

(4 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Reducing health disparity among New Jerseyans is an overarching goal of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS). Health disparities are defined as significant differences between one population and another. The Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 describes these

https://www-doh.state.nj.us/doh-shad/home/HealthDisparities.html

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Reps. Williams, González-Colón, Adams, Underwood Introduce …

(3 days ago) WEBThe physical and financial burdens of endometriosis reflect ongoing disparities in women’s health research. The Endometriosis CARE Act will ease these burdens by investing in research to improve detection and treatment. and Adams for their leadership to improve endometriosis outcomes and urge Congress to swiftly pass this …

https://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/reps-williams-gonzalez-colon-adams-underwood-introduce-legislation-make

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NJSHAD - Health Disparities

(9 days ago) WEBA health disparity is "a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group; religion; socioeconomic status; gender; age; mental health; …

https://www-doh.state.nj.us/doh-shad/resources/HealthDisparities.html

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Americans see disparities in mental and physical care, survey finds

(5 days ago) WEBMay 27, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. EDT. (Washington Post Illustration; iStock) When asked, 75 percent of survey respondents said they felt mental health conditions are identified and treated worse than

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/05/27/mental-health-treatment-disparity/

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Disparities in Health and Health Care: 5 Key Questions and …

(9 days ago) WEBA health care disparity typically refers to differences between groups in health insurance coverage, affordability, access to and use of care, and quality of care. The terms “health inequality

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/disparities-in-health-and-health-care-5-key-question-and-answers/

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U.S. bishops urge Congress to address ‘maternal health crisis’

(7 days ago) WEBCNA Staff, May 28, 2024 / 06:00 am. The U.S. bishops this month urged Congress to address the “maternal health crisis” in the United States, stressing that American women “face a high

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257810/bishops-call-to-address-maternal-health-crisis-highlights-us-maternal-death-rate

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Measures, new birth center, take aim at disparities in maternal …

(8 days ago) WEBMichigan News Measures, new birth center, take aim at disparities in maternal health care. LANSING – New legislation may allow Michigan to join 41 other states in licensing and reimbursing birth

https://www.thealpenanews.com/news/michigan-news-apwire/2024/05/measures-new-birth-center-take-aim-at-disparities-in-maternal-health-care/

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Pressley, Duckworth, Murray, Advocates Unveil Bill Calling for

(1 days ago) WEBRep. Pressley has been a longtime advocate the disability community and has championed policies that promote disability justice. She is a co-lead of the Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act, legislation that would eliminate barriers and strengthen access to reproductive health care for people with disabilities.

https://pressley.house.gov/2024/05/23/pressley-duckworth-murray-advocates-unveil-bill-calling-for-equitable-access-to-reproductive-healthcare-for-people-with-disabilities/

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Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care …

(5 days ago) WEBSince nearly half of Americans over 65 will pay for some version of long-term health care, CNHI News and The Associated Press examined the state of long-term care in the series the High Cost of Long-Term Care, looking at adult day cares to high-end assisted living facilities, to understand the challenges in affordability, staffing and equity

https://apnews.com/article/assisted-living-nursing-home-racial-disparity-75d0d29ce56005d7046e6f174fc26689

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How History Has Shaped Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - KFF

(4 days ago) WEBIn 2010, the Affordable Care Act established Offices of Minority Health within each of the six agencies within HHS and redesignated the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

https://www.kff.org/how-history-has-shaped-racial-and-ethnic-health-disparities-a-timeline-of-policies-and-events/

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