Slide 13

Core Measures Increasing for More Than One Racial and Ethnic Group

Table with four measures and the groups for which those measures are increasing.

Topic: Cancer
Measure: Adults age 50 and over who received a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, proctoscopy, or fecal occult blood test
Improving for Blacks, Asians, AI/ANs, and Hispanics

Topic: Mental health and substance abuse
Measure: Adults with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment for depression in the last 12 months
Improving for Blacks and Hispanics

Topic: Respiratory diseases
Measure: Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination
Improving for Blacks and Asians

Topic: Patient centeredness
Measure: Adults with poor provider-patient communication
Increasing for Blacks and Asians

Note: A complete table of the disparities that worsened for specific populations can be found in Chapter 4, Priority Populations.

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