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Instead, racial and ethnic minorities and poor people often face more barriers to care and receive poorer quality of care when they can get it. 3 In this report, measures were analyzed to assess disparities both by socioeconomic and cultural groups and by settings of care.
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In 2019, the distribution of other health practitioners closely aligned with the racial and ethnic distribution of the U.S. population (Figure 21). In 2019, 58% of other health practitioners were non-Hispanic White. In 2019, Hispanic people accounted for 20% of other health practitioners.
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Dec 1, 2021 · The annual National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report is mandated by Congress to provide a comprehensive overview of the quality of healthcare received by the general U.S. population and disparities in care experienced by different racial and socioeconomic groups.
Key Takeaways. Black, Hispanic, and AIAN people fare worse than White people across the majority of examined measures of health and health care and social determinants of health (Figure 1)....
As of November 2021, American Indian and Alaska Native, Black, and Latino people all had suffered from higher rates of hospitalizations and deaths related to COVID-19 compared with White people....
Nov 18, 2021 · Racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes and health care are pervasive both across and within states. Transformative change will depend on policy and practice changes to make access to care more equitable and to ensure equal treatment in the delivery of care.
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The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated longstanding health disparities in the U.S. This report provides a first-of-its-kind national and state-by-state portrait of the disparities in health and well-being that existed across the U.S. prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
