KFF January 26, 2022
With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting communities of color disproportionately in their health and economic well-being, long-term racial and ethnic disparities have received growing attention. But these inequities in our health system are not new and are a part of larger issues of systemic racism.
An updated KFF chart pack analyzes a wide array of measures of racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care and other factors which can contribute to these disparities. The broad sections of the chart pack include:
- Health Coverage and Access to and Use of Care
- Health Status, Outcomes, and Behaviors
- Social Determinants of Health
The chart pack...