Disparities in Healthcare

Healthcare disparities refer to differences in access to or availability of facilities and services. Health status disparities refer to the variation in rates of disease occurrence and disabilities between socioeconomic and/or geographically defined population groups.

Resources & Tools


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Reflecting on My Mom’s Death: Moving Toward A More Complex Understanding of Health, Disability, And Dying
Story - Original
Brought to you by Community Commons
Published on 03/28/2023
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Recognizing and Dismantling Raciolinguistic Hierarchies in Latinx Health
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by AMA
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Blueprint for Positive Change 2020
Resource - Policy Brief
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Uprooting the Structural Drivers of Health Inequity
Resource - Webinar
Brought to you by ChangeLab Solutions
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Raising the Bar
Resource - Website/webpage
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Guide to Equity in the U.S. Health Care System
Resource - Guide/handbook
Brought to you by Urban Institute
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Affordable Housing Investment: A Guide for Nonprofit Hospitals and Health Systems
Resource - Guide/handbook
Brought to you by Urban Institute
Published on 08/08/2019
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Clinicians’ Racial Biases as Pathways to Iatrogenic Harms for Black People
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by AMA
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Revealing Disparities: Health Care Workers’ Observations of Discrimination Against Patients
Resource - Policy Brief
Brought to you by The Commonwealth Fund
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LGBTQ-Inclusive Data Collection: A Lifesaving Imperative
Resource - Report
Brought to you by Human Rights Campaign
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Kidney Disease Health Disparities
Resource - Website/webpage
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Children Without Health Insurance by Race and Ethnicity in the United States
Resource - Data Bank/repository
Brought to you by Annie E. Casey Foundation
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Financial Instability and Delays in Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Due to COVID-19
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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Provider Bias in Contraceptive Counseling
Resource - Journal Article
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Improving Rural Oral Healthcare Access
Resource - Policy Brief
Brought to you by NRHA
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Barriers to Equity in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care
Resource - Website/webpage
Brought to you by CDC
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LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
Resource - Website/webpage
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How Health Care Leaders Can Prioritize Health Equity for the LGBTQIA2+ Community
Resource - Blog
Brought to you by Harvard University
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Poor Teeth
Resource - Blog
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Partnership to Align Social Care
Resource - Website/webpage
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Native Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care System
Resource - Blog
Brought to you by NPR
Addressing Disparities in Diagnostic Errors & Medication Safety in the Home
Addressing Disparities in Diagnostic Errors & Medication Safety in the Home
Resource - Report
Brought to you by Massachusetts General Hospital (d/b/a General Hospital Corporation)
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How Abolition of Race-Based Medicine Is Necessary to American Health Justice
Resource - Journal Article
Brought to you by AMA
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Racial Disparities in Stroke Incidence and Death
Story - Written
Brought to you by NIH
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Bearing the Burden: How racism-related stress hurts America’s black mothers and babies
Story - Original
Brought to you by Community Commons
Published on 10/02/2018
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Commons Good Podcast: Debra Oto-Kent and Barbara Masters, Build Healthy Places Network Partners
Story - Audio
Brought to you by Community Initiatives
Published on 03/13/2022
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Quiet Neglect: Algorithmic Bias in Healthcare Is Hurting Older Adults
Story - Written
Brought to you by Breaking Media, Inc.
Published on 02/04/2024
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Healthcare and Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Story - Original
Brought to you by Community Commons
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When a Steady Paycheck is Good Medicine
Story - Written
Brought to you by NYT
Who Are the Uninsured?
Story - Written
Brought to you by Community Commons
Published on 10/04/2017
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Hypertension, Race, and Ethnicity: Decreasing the Disparities
Story - Original
Brought to you by Community Commons
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Tribal Health: Reinvesting in the Indian Health Service
Story - Original
Brought to you by Community Commons
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The Racist History of Abortion and Midwifery Bans
Story - Written
Brought to you by ACLU
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ExploreMoHealth: An Example of How One State is Taking Health Data to the Next Level
Story - Original
Brought to you by Community Commons
Published on 04/10/2018
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Healthcare Equality Index 2022
Tool - Data/mapping Tool
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Imagine Fox Cities: Well-Being Data Tool
Tool - Data/mapping Tool
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Rural Oral Health Toolkit
Tool - Toolkit/toolbox

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