Gaps in data for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the National Healthcare Disparities Report.
The aim of this study was to identify and quantify gaps in health care data for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Findings indicate that only 42% of measures of health care quality and access tracked in the National Healthcare Disparities Report could be used to assess disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Patient safety data was especially limited. Data from American Indians and Alaska Natives need to be improved to allow better targeting of interventions to reduce health care disparities and monitoring the success of these activities.
Moy
Ernest
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. emoy@ahrq.gov
Smith
Colleen Ryan
CR
Johansson
Patrik
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Andrews
Roxanne
R
D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology