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Health Affairs, 27, no. 2 (2008): 383-391 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.383 © 2008 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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Collecting Adequate Data On Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Health: The Challenges Continue

Linda T. Bilheimer and Jane E. Sisk

Data limitations continue to pose challenges for efforts to identify racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care and analyze the underlying causes. Given budget constraints, the most feasible federal strategies to improve national data are those requiring only modest expenditures. Collaborations among private and public stakeholders hold promise for improving estimation methods and assessing disparities among small populations.

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