AHRQ wants your disparity data for report
Next year the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in Rockville, MD, will submit to Congress its first report on prevailing disparities in health care relating to racial and socioeconomic factors in priority populations. The legislation mandating the annual reports identifies priority populations as low-income groups, minority groups, women, children, the elderly, and individuals with special health care needs.
AHRQ says its first report will focus on health care disparities for the identified groups compared to other Americans regarding access to and quality of care.
"The report will provide answers on a national basis to critical questions about disparities in health care and will permit development of a more complete picture of health care in America, including who has access to care and how good is the care received," AHRQ said in a Federal Register notice.
To facilitate preparation of its report, the agency has asked for nomination of measures and candidate data sets for inclusion in the report. Nominations should be sent to Sari Siegel, Center for Primary Care Research, AHRQ, 6010 Executive Blvd., Suite 201, Rockville, MD 20852.
(Access the Federal Register notice at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&docid=fr05jn02-50.)
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