Health Disparities: 5. Disparities/Inequalities in Health Care

This issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation addresses the key issues in health and health care disparities.

This is a policy briefing before the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights. Speakers represent several segments of the community.

This report from the Commonwealth Fund forecasts increased health equity as a result of health care reform.

This is a continuing education course from the Association of American Medical Colleges. It is free, but you will have to set up and account on the MedEd Portal.

This brief from the National Quality Forum describes disparities in the US healthcare system and plans to reduce them

This paper was commissioned by the National Quality Forum and produced by authors from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital

Download the software from the NIH National Cancer Institute site and analyze data from a public data set.

An interactive map from the Los Angeles Times showing regional differences in several measures of healthcare.

This site at Healthy People 2020 discusses the elements of access to health care and their effects. It also discusses the barriers to health care access that lead to disparities.

This brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the relationship between race/ethnicity, insurance coverage and the ability to receive medical care.

This paper from the Institute of Medicine discusses in interactions between Health Literacy and Health Disparities

This group of resources from the Disparities National Coordinating Center of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for improving health equity by improving health literacy.

You can follow this tutorial from the US CDC without registering, But registration is required for CE credit.

This guide from the US Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has lots of resources for working with patients.

This page from the US Department of Health and Human Services contains links to tools for improving communication of health-related information.

Health literacy is improved when materials given to or viewed by patients are understandable. This tool will help evaluate new materials. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.