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www.ahrq.gov/topics/racial-ethnic-minorities.html
March 23, 2023 - Racial and Ethnic Minorities
For decades, public health, health services research … , and medical studies have continued to show evidence that racial and ethnic minority groups experience … A large body of research has shown that compared with the White population, racial and ethnic minority … Racial or Ethnic Group
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Asian (n= … Notes
Racial and ethnic minority groups include American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, Black,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/paid-sick-leave-racial-ethnic-groups-infographic.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Paid Sick Leave Among
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57 %Hispanic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perioperative-safety-determinants-ethnic-patient-groups
February 09, 2022 - Study
Perioperative safety determinants in ethnic patient groups. … Perioperative safety determinants in ethnic patient groups. … Racial and ethnic minoritized patients frequently have poorer postoperative outcomes. … Only one unique factor came up for the ethnic minority patients: having someone, an interpreter, accompany … Perioperative safety determinants in ethnic patient groups.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/sepsis.html
Project statistical briefs that provide data on inpatient stay outcomes, state variations, racial and ethnic … Involving Sepsis, 2019 and 2021 (PDF file, 1.2 MB), Appendix (PDF file, 860 KB) #309: Racial and Ethnic
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/smoking-cessation-disparities.html
December 01, 2023 - In first-of-its-kind research to examine racial and ethnic disparities in the medical costs of smoking … Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that adults from some racial and ethnic … The study shows that even though adults in specific racial and ethnic populations have a lower ever-smoked … “AHRQ’s results indicate that racial and ethnic populations benefit substantially from tobacco control … The article, “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Smoking in the United
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-differences-treatment-intensification-missed-visits-and-scheduled-follow-interval
May 18, 2022 - differences in treatment intensification, missed visits, and scheduled follow-up interval with racial or ethnic … differences in treatment intensification, missed visits, and scheduled follow-up interval with racial or ethnic … Racial and ethnic inequities are increasingly being linked to health disparities . … Findings suggest racial and ethnic inequities in treatment intensification may be associated with more … than 20% of observed racial or ethnic disparities in blood pressure control.
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/low-income.html
Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-129) include: women, children, racial and ethnic
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/individuals-special-healthcare-needs.html
Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-129) include: women, children, racial and ethnic
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/guiding-principles.html
December 01, 2023 - December 15, 2023
A new paper addresses the use of algorithms in healthcare, their impact on racial/ethnic … healthcare executives, and regulators must make conscious decisions to mitigate and prevent racial and ethnic … Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Program, which examined the evidence on algorithms and racial and ethnic … The paper, Guiding Principles to Address the Impact of Algorithm Bias on Racial and Ethnic Disparities … The final EPC report, Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldata2.html
May 01, 2018 - The Institute of Medicine's landmark report on racial and ethnic disparities in health care, Unequal … populations "to reflect the diversity within racial and ethnic populations (e.g., subgroups of Hispanics … Similarly, distinct differences continue to be shown between the broad Hispanic and non-Hispanic ethnic … In contrast, systematic analysis of similar quality-related data as a function of more discrete ethnic … Defining Racial and Ethnic Populations in the United States
The United States is a diverse country
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/women.html
Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-129) include: women, children, racial and ethnic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-health-care-ethnic-minority-patients-systematic-review
May 25, 2022 - Review
The safety of health care for ethnic minority patients: a systematic review … The safety of health care for ethnic minority patients: a systematic review. … In this systematic review, the authors characterized patient safety events affecting ethnic minority … Findings indicate that ethnic minority populations experience higher rates of hospital-acquired infections … The safety of health care for ethnic minority patients: a systematic review.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ensuring-medication-safety-consumers-ethnic-minority-backgrounds-need-address-unconscious
July 29, 2020 - Commentary
Ensuring medication safety for consumers from ethnic minority backgrounds … Ensuring medication safety for consumers from ethnic minority backgrounds: the need to address unconscious … The authors suggest a focus on engaging ethnic minority consumers as partners to design improvement … Ensuring medication safety for consumers from ethnic minority backgrounds: the need to address unconscious … July 29, 2020
Engaging with ethnic minority consumers to improve safety in cancer services
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-and-ethnic-differences-emergency-department-diagnostic-imaging-us-childrens-hospitals
April 22, 2020 - Study
Racial and ethnic differences in emergency department diagnostic imaging at … Racial and ethnic differences in emergency department diagnostic imaging at US Children's Hospitals, … than 3.6 million emergency department visits for patients younger than 18 years to evaluate racial and ethnic … Racial and ethnic differences in emergency department diagnostic imaging at US Children's Hospitals, … Download Citation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/explaining-ethnic-disparities-patient-safety-qualitative-analysis
April 14, 2021 - Study
Explaining ethnic disparities in patient safety: a qualitative analysis. … Explaining ethnic disparities in patient safety: a qualitative analysis. … Explaining ethnic disparities in patient safety: a qualitative analysis.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/raceethnicitytoolkit/case_for_re.jsp
February 01, 2025 - level, the case for improving R/E/L data is easy to understand: there is clear evidence that racial, ethnic … It has been estimated by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, that racial and ethnic … Patients with limited English proficiency and those who are members of racial/ethnic minorities are at … When patients with limited English proficiency or those from historically underserved racial/ethnic groups … Research indicates that racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare delivery have an impact on cost,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-and-ethnic-differences-experience-and-treatment-noncancer-pain
June 01, 2022 - Review
Emerging Classic
Racial and ethnic differences in … Racial and ethnic differences in the experience and treatment of noncancer pain. … This article provides an overview of racial and ethnic differences in the experience and management … Racial and ethnic differences in the experience and treatment of noncancer pain.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implicit-racialethnic-bias-among-health-care-professionals-and-its-influence-health-care
August 04, 2021 - Review
Implicit racial/ethnic bias among health care professionals and its influence … Implicit racial/ethnic bias among health care professionals and its influence on health care outcomes … This review summarizes the impact of healthcare providers’ racial and ethnic implicit biases on health … Implicit racial/ethnic bias among health care professionals and its influence on health care outcomes … December 8, 2021
Racial and ethnic discrepancy in pulse oximetry and delayed identification
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/cultural-competence/index.html
August 01, 2019 - Competence
In recent decades, there has been increasing recognition of the prevalence of racial and ethnic … The Institute of Medicine's recent report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities … in Health Care , states that: "Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive a lower quality of health
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2022qdr-intro.pdf
December 01, 2022 - third report, Unequal
Treatment,3 drew attention to disparities in the care rendered to racial and ethnic … Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Care. … Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. … Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries for Black Women and Older Women
Worsening Rates and Large Racial and Ethnic … and Income Groups
Differences in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Some Opioids in Certain Age and Ethnic