Collecting adequate data on racial and ethnic disparities in health: the challenges continue.
Data limitations continue to pose challenges for efforts to identify racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care and analyze the underlying causes. Given budget constraints, the most feasible federal strategies to improve national data are those requiring only modest expenditures. Collaborations among private and public stakeholders hold promise for improving estimation methods and assessing disparities among small populations.
Bilheimer
Linda T
LT
Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA. eiy3@cdc.gov
Sisk
Jane E
JE
D000069:Acculturation; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States