Guidance for the National Healthcare Disparities Report

The Agency for Healthcare Research Quality commissioned the Institute of Medicine establish a committee to provide guidance on the National Healthcare Disparities Report is of access to health care, utilization of services, and the services received. The committee was asked to con population characteristics as race and ethnicity, society status, and geographic location. It was also asked to examine factors that included possible data sources and types of measures for the report.Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Committee Report2 Measuring the Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Health Care3 Measuring Disparities in Health Care Quality and ServiceUtilization4 Measuring Disparities in Access to Care5 Geography and Disparities in Health CareAppendix I: Workshop AgendaAppendix II: Public TestimonyAppendix III: Committee Biographies