title: Gaps in data for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the National Healthcare Disparities Report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. emoy@ahrq.gov
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moy
authors.forename: Colleen Ryan
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Roxanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: 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