Research Guides: Health Services and Policy Research: Health Disparities

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This page focuses on health care disparities.

Please see the Health Disparities Research Guide for further information.

Featured Resource | Government Agencies | Non-government Agencies

Featured Resource: Guide to Equity in the US Health System

The primary goal of this guide is to introduce key information about 10 sectors of the US health care system. It overviews the system’s inequities and highlights the policy, implementation, and accountability levers that can drive change.

Government Agencies

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Search by topics such as "chronic care" or hospital insurance/access to care.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
HealthCare.gov
From the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
MedlinePlus
From the National Library of Medicine.
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Use MedlinePlus to find statistics, information on drugs and other health topics, location of health care professionals, and to link to professional journal citations.
National Cancer Institute
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities
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Part of the National Institutes of Health.
National Institutes of Health
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The National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, is the nation's medical research agency and serves as the largest source of funding for medical research in the world.
National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities
Office of Minority Health - HHS
Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities - CDC
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The CDC Office of Minority Health promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling the disproportionate burden of disease, injury and disability among racial and ethnic minority populations.

Non-Government Agencies

American Hospital Association
Center for Advancing Health
Search "health disparities" for relevant information. Also includes health-related news updates.
Center for Health Equity Research & Promotion collaborations
FamiliesUSA
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
National Center for Cultural Competence
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From Georgetown University's Center for Child & Human Development.
National Quality Forum
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The National Quality Forum is a nonprofit organization that works to improve the quality of American healthcare.
New York Academy of Medicine
Prevention Institute
RAND Corporation
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The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that focuses on improving policy surrounding various issues through research and analysis.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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This is the largest philanthropy in the U.S. devoted to issues of public health. The web site offers research reports on issues related to health care and health policy.
The Commonwealth Fund
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A private foundation whose mission is "to promote a high performing health care system." Browse the publications, maps & data and surveys. Search the entire site. Example: "health care" AND (racial OR ethnic).
The Cross Cultural Health Care Program
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The mission of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program is to serve as a bridge between communities and health care institutions to ensure full access to quality health care that is culturally and linguistically appropriate.
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
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A project of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, this site offers data national, regional and some local data on health care issues with mapping tools and publications.
The Urban Institute
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The Urban Institute works to foster sound public policy and effective government through research and analysis.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies