Racial/Ethnic Disparities

A growing number of HSC research products examine access to and utilization of medical care for the nation's ethnic and racial minorities. Analyses in this area explore the role of health insurance, the health care safety net, and other resources to reduce access differences between whites, Latinos and African Americans. In addition, HSC is monitoring the effects of changes in the health care system on access and use.

Title	Date	Document Info
Modest and Uneven: Physician Efforts to Reduce Racial and Ethnic DisparitiesJames D. Reschovsky, Ellyn R. Boukus	February 2010	Issue Brief No. 130
Access to Prescription Drugs for Medicare BeneficiariesJames D. Reschovsky, Laurie E. Felland	March 2009	Tracking Report No. 23
Stretching the Safety Net to Serve Undocumented Immigrants: Community Responses to Health NeedsAndrea Staiti, Robert E. Hurley, Aaron Katz	February 2006	Issue Brief No. 104
An Update on Americans' Access to Prescription DrugsMarie C. Reed	May 2005	Issue Brief No. 95
Trends in Health Insurance Coverage and Access Among Black, Latino and White Americans, 2001-2003J. Lee Hargraves	October 2004	Tracking Report No. 11
Unequal Access: African-American Medicare Beneficiaries and the Prescription Drug GapMarie C. Reed, J. Lee Hargraves, Alwyn Cassil	July 2003	Issue Brief No. 64
The Insurance Gap and Minority Health Care, 1997-2001J. Lee Hargraves	June 2002	Tracking Report No. 2
Race, Ethnicity and Preventive Services:J. Lee Hargraves	January 2001	Issue Brief No. 34
Access to Care:Cara S. Lesser, Peter J. Cunningham	Fall 1997	Data Bulletin No. 01