title: Compiling the evidence: the National Healthcare Disparities Reports.
abstract: Disparities in health care have been described extensively in the literature. The next step in resolving this national problem is to develop the necessary infrastructure for monitoring and tracking disparities. The congressionally mandated National Healthcare Disparities Report begins to build this infrastructure. The 2003 report addressed many of the methodological challenges inherent in measuring disparities. The recently released 2004 report continues the process by summarizing the status of U.S. health care disparities and beginning to track changes over time. Both reports emphasize the need to integrate activities to reduce disparities and to improve the quality of health care.
authors.affiliation: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Rockville, Maryland, USA. emoy@ahrq.gov
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moy
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dayton
authors.forename: Carolyn M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Clancy
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D012935:Social Justice; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States