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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedOdlum M, Moise N, Kronish IM
Trends in poor health indicators among Black and Hispanic middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 1999-2018.
This study used records extracted from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to determine which health indicators have improved or became worse among Black and Hispanic middle-aged (45 and older) adults compared to Whites from 1999 to 2018. This data is required by the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000. A sample included of 4,856,326 participants, of them 60.9% women, mean age 60.4. During the last 20 years, Black adults showed an overall decrease showing improvement in uninsured status and physical inactivity while showing an overall increase in hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and stroke, and also the same increases and decreases in the Black-White gap. Hispanic adults showed improvement in physical inactivity and perceived poor health, while they showed overall deterioration in hypertension and diabetes. The Hispanic-White gap improved in coronary heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, asthma, arthritis, depression and physical inactivity while it increased for diabetes, hypertension, and uninsured status.
AHRQ-funded; HS025198.
Citation: Odlum M, Moise N, Kronish IM .
Trends in poor health indicators among Black and Hispanic middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 1999-2018.
JAMA Netw Open 2020 Nov 2;3(11):e2025134. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.25134..
Keywords: Elderly, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Disparities, Health Status, Health Insurance, Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Chronic Conditions
McGarry BE, Temkin-Greener H, Li Y
Role of race and ethnicity in private long-term care insurance ownership.
The authors sought to determine if racial/ethnic disparities exist in the ownership of private long-term care insurance (LTCI) among current Medicare beneficiaries. They found that 12.3% of Blacks and 5.8% of Hispanics, compared with 20.2% of Whites, reported having LTCI coverage and that Hispanics were 48% less likely to have LTCI compared with Whites. Hispanic women were 81% less likely to be insured compared with White women.
AHRQ-funded; HS000044.
Citation: McGarry BE, Temkin-Greener H, Li Y .
Role of race and ethnicity in private long-term care insurance ownership.
Gerontologist 2014 Dec;54(6):1001-12. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnt102.
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Keywords: Disparities, Elderly, Health Insurance, Long-Term Care, Racial and Ethnic Minorities