Minority Health

Access to Health Care for Nonmetro and Metro Latinos of Mexican Origin in the United States. T. Berdahl, J. Kirby, R. Stone, Medical Care 45(7): July 2007, 647-654. Examines disparities in health care access between non-Latino whites and Latinos of Mexican origin and whether the disparities differ between metro and nonmetro areas. (AHRQ 07-R059)

Closing the Health Care Disparities Gap: Turning Evidence Into Action. C. Clancy, Journal of Health Care Law & Policy 9(1):2006, 121-135. Discusses the role of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in identifying health care disparities, monitoring progress toward eliminating disparities, and building disparities-related research capacity. (AHRQ 07-R039)

Community Variation: Disparities in Health Care Quality Between Asian and White Medicare Beneficiaries. E. Moy, L. Greenberg, A. Borsky, Health Affairs 27(2): March/April 2008, 538-549. Examines the use by whites and Asians of selected cancer screening and diabetes services under the traditional Medicare program by socioeconomic status and among U.S. metropolitan statistical areas in which elderly Asians reside. (AHRQ 08-R064)

Effect of Dysthymia on Receipt of HAART by Minority HIV-Infected Women. B. Turner, J. Fleishman, Journal of General Internal Medicine 21(12): December 2006, 1235-1241. Examines the effects of dysthymia and major depression on use of highly active antiretroviral therapy by white, black, and Hispanic women. (AHRQ 07-R021)

Eliminating Asthma Disparities Through Multistakeholder Partnerships. C. Clancy, J. Kiley, K. Weiss, Chest 132(5): November 2007, 1422-1424. Discusses initiatives sponsored by AHRQ and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to address the burden of asthma and the persistent gap between whites and minorities in asthma prevalence, hospitalization, and mortality rates. (AHRQ 08-R045)

Exploring and Crossing the Disparity Divide in Cancer Mortality. M. Barton, Annals of Internal Medicine 144(8): April 18, 2006, 614-616. Discusses the disproportionate burden of death due to cancer borne by special populations, focusing on breast cancer screening in black and Hispanic women. (AHRQ 06-R065)

Impact of Patient Race on Patient Experiences of Access and Communication in HIV Care. P. Korthuis, S. Saha, J. Fleishman, et al., Journal of General Internal Medicine 23(12):December 2008, 2046-2052. Discusses patient-centered care and examines the associations between race and HIV-infected patients' experiences of access and communication, two dimensions of patient-centered care. (AHRQ 09-R032)

Measuring Trends in Racial/Ethnic Health Care Disparities. B. Lê Cook, T. McGuire, S. Zuvekas, Medical Care Research and Review, 66(1):February 2009, 23-48. Uses data from the 1996-2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to compare trends in disparities and assess the influence of changes in socioeconomic status among racial/ethnic minorities on disparity trends. (AHRQ 09-R019)

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Insurance Coverage and Usual Source of Health Care, 2002. M. Roberts, MEPS Chartbook, No. 14, March 2006, 30 pp. Compares health insurance status for racial and ethnic groups, including differences in job-related health insurance, and addresses differences in usual sources of care among racial and ethnic groups. (AHRQ 06-0004)

Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Individual Workplace Injury Risk Trajectories: 1988-1998. T. Berdahl, American Journal of Public Health, 98(12):December 2008, 2258-2263. Examines workplace injury risk over time (1988-1998) and across racial/ethnic and gender groups to observe patterns of change and to improve understanding of how occupational characteristics and job mobility influence such changes. (AHRQ 09-R020)

A Re-examination of Distance as a Proxy for Severity of Illness and the Implications for Differences in Utilization by Race/Ethnicity. J. Basu, B. Friedman, Health Economics, 16(7):2007, 687-701. Uses hospital discharge data for New York residents to assess whether the relationship between distance traveled for care and severity of illness is uniform across racial/ethnic subgroups. (AHRQ 07-R029)

Self-Rated Mental Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Use. S. Zuvekas, J. Fleishman, Medical Care, 46(9):September 2008, 915-923. Uses Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data to examine why minorities seek mental health services less frequently than whites. (AHRQ 09-R007)

Trends in Racial Disparities Among the Elderly for Selected Procedures. J. Basu, L. Mobley, Medical Care Research and Review, May 65(5):2008, 617-637. Examines trends over 1997-2001 in racial or ethnic disparities in the use of three costly, referral-sensitive procedures among the elderly: coronary artery bypass grafting, angioplasty, and hip/joint replacement. (AHRQ 08-R074)

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