Eliminating Health Disparities : Measurement and Data Needs.

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Importance of Data on Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation in Understanding Disparities in Health and Health Care -- 3 Measuring Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation -- 4 DHHS Collection of Data on Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation and Language Use -- 5 State-Based Collection of Data on Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation and Language Use -- 6 Private-Sector Collection of Data on Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Position, and Acculturation and Language Use -- References -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A Descriptions of National Health and Health Care Surveys -- Appendix B Workshop on Improving Racial and Ethnic Data in Health -- Appendix C Recommendations on the Use of Socioeconomic Position Indicators to Better Understand Racial Inequalities in Health -- Appendix D The Role of Racial and Ethnic Data Collection in Eliminating Disparities in Health Care -- Appendix E State Collection of Racial and Ethnic Data -- Appendix F Collection of Data on Race and Ethnicity by Private-Sector Organizations: Hospitals, Health Plans, and Medical Groups -- Appendix G Racial and Ethnic Data Collection by Health Plans -- Appendix H Biographical Sketches.

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