Data On Race, Ethnicity, And Language Largely Incomplete For Managed Care Plan Members
- 1 March 2017
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 36 (3), 548-552
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1044
Abstract
The Affordable Care Act requires the federal government to collect and report population data on race, ethnicity, and language needs to help reduce health and health care disparities. We assessed data availability in commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare managed care plans using the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set. Data availability varied but remained largely incomplete.Keywords
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