Disparities Current Topics
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HHS Releases Final Standards To Measure Disparities
The Department of Health and Human Services has released final standards to measure health care disparities based on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status, as required by health reform.
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People from communities of color are more likely to be uninsured. In 2009, 32.4 percent of Hispanics; 21 percent of African Americans; and 17.2 percent of Asians were uninsured compared with 12 percent of non-Hispanic whites.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau