Health Disparities
A new website to profile NIH efforts to reduce gaps in
racial and ethnic health disparities was launched July 21.
The site includes a FAQ section, background on
health disparities issues, related events, a profile of the
NIH working group on the topic and will include the
Strategic Plan on Health Disparities once the draft version
is finalized.
http://healthdisparities.nih.gov
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Kaiser Family Foundation on Racial and Ethnic Disparities
in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care
While many factors have been highlighted as contributors to
health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic groups
in the United States, the lack of health insurance and
other barriers to obtaining health services markedly
diminish minorities' use of both preventive services and
medical treatments. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and
the Uninsured is pleased to release its newest resources
examining health insurance coverage and access to physician
services among America's largest racial and ethnic minority
groups.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance
and Health Care, a report by the UCLA Center for Health
Policy Research and the Kaiser Family Foundation, is the
first of its kind to include information on health
insurance coverage and access for subgroup populations of
Latinos (Central and South Americans, Cubans, Mexicans and
Puerto Ricans) and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders
(Chinese, Filipino, Koreans, South East Asians, Japanese,
and South Asians). The report is available online at
http://www.kff.org/kcmu, or at
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu. Four new fact sheets on
health insurance coverage and access for each of these
minority population groups are also now available at
http://www.kff.org/kcmu.
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