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Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care

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An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will examine the current state of racial and ethnic healthcare disparities in the U.S. This work will include support for the infrastructure and activities required to update the 2003 Unequal Treatment report. The update will highlight the major drivers of healthcare disparities, provide insight into successful and unsuccessful interventions, identify gaps in the evidence base, and propose strategies to close those gaps, consider ways to scale and spread effective interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, and make recommendations to advance health equity.

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Consensus

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2024

Racial and ethnic inequities in health and health care impact individual well-being, contribute to millions of premature deaths, and cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Addressing these inequities is vital to improving the health of the nation's most disadvantaged commun...

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Publications

Policy Brief

Role of the Department of Health and Human Services

Policy Brief

These policy briefs and action guides highlight recommendations and provide key context relevant to different actors who can intervene to help achieve equity in health and health care. Action Guide: Role of Federal and Non-Federal Research Funders and Researchers Policy Brief: Role of the U.S. Congress Policy Brief: Role of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Role of the U.S. Congress

Policy Brief

These policy briefs and action guides highlight recommendations and provide key context relevant to different actors who can intervene to help achieve equity in health and health care. Action Guide: Role of Federal and Non-Federal Research Funders and Researchers Policy Brief: Role of the U.S. Congress Policy Brief: Role of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Role of Federal and Non-Federal Research Funders and Researchers

Policy Brief

Highlights recommendations and provide key context relevant to different actors who can intervene to help achieve equity in health and health care. Action Guide: Role of Federal and Non-Federal Research Funders and Researchers Policy Brief: Role of the U.S. Congress Policy Brief: Role of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Highlights

Consensus Study Highlights

Highlights

This web page presents the report’s overarching conclusions on the state of health inequities in the U.S., its goals to achieve equitable health care and optimal health for all, and key recommendations to advance those goals.

Ending Unequal Treatment: A Conceptual Framework for Recommendations

Highlights

Over the past two decades, there have been major policy strides toward greater equity in health and health care, but disparities persist. This video outlines the conceptual framework for recommendations proposed by our consensus study report, Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All.

Audio - Consensus Study Report Highlights

Highlights

Listen to an audio recording of the highlights document for this consensus study report.
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