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Since 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced an annual report entitled the National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR), which examines disparities in healthcare received by racial and ethnic minorities, low-income populations, and people with special healthcare needs. These reports measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, and efficiency of care, tracking more than 200 healthcare process, outcome, and access measures, and covering a wide variety of conditions and settings. Disparities in quality of care are common among Blacks and Hispanics, who received worse care than Whites for about 40 percent of quality of care measures, while American Indians/Alaska Natives received worse care than Whites for one-third of quality measures. African Americans and American Indians/Alaska Natives also experience worse access to care than Whites for about 40 percent of access measures, while Hispanics had worse access to care than Whites for about 60 percent of measures (Figure 2.4).

Figure 2.4 Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities among Communities of Color Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites

Source: Our nation’s health depends on fixing persistent health disparities, by Families USA, 2014. © 2014, Families USA.