State Uses of Hospital Discharge Databases to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities

State Uses of Hospital Discharge Databases to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities

Learn how 5 states -- California, Florida, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin -- use hospital discharge data on patient race/ethnicity to inform state health care disparities reduction activities. Analyses produced in these states by partners in AHRQ's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) can serve as models for other state data organizations.

You can access the report, prepared for AHRQ by the National Academy for State Health Policy, at:
http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/C18RECaseStudyReportforWEBfinal99.pdf.