Commonwealth Fund April 18, 2024
The Commonwealth Fund 2024 State Health Disparities Report
TOPLINES
Deep-seated racial and ethnic health disparities persist across the United States, even in states with otherwise high-performing health systems
American Indians and Black Americans die at significantly higher rates from preventable and treatable causes than members of other racial and ethnic groups
Introduction
For nearly two decades, the Commonwealth Fund has tracked health and health care in each state, seeking both to understand how the policy choices we make affect people’s health outcomes and to motivate the change needed to improve the health of all communities across the United States. But assessing how well a state performs on average can mask the profound inequities that many people experience.
This report evaluates...
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