The following reports provide information on approaches to using race/ethnicity data for reducing disparities in the quality of health and healthcare.

• State Documentation of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities to Inform Strategic Action
• Full report (PDF file, 647 KB; HTML)
• Report summary (PDF file, 44 KB: HTML)
• Slide show overview of report (PDF file, 153 KB; HTML)
• Supplemental material: 50-State Environmental Scan of State Publications Documenting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Status and Health Care, as of January 2011 (PDF file, 250 KB; HTML)
• Related Issue Briefs
• Assessing the Costs of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: State Experience (PDF file, 72 KB; HTML)
• Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities through Health Care Reform: State Experience (PDF file, 115 KB; HTML)
• Using Geographic Information to Target Health Disparities: State Experience (PDF file, 189 KB; HTML)
• Using Report Cards to Measure Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: State Experience (PDF file, 176 KB; HTML)
• Summary Report of Dissemination Activities Conducted (PDF file, 275 KB; HTML)



• State Uses of Hospital Discharge Databases to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities (PDF file, 205 KB)