“Dashboard” on Health Care Disparities among Diverse Subpopulations of People with Disabilities (R1)
It is well documented that individuals with disabilities experience significant disparities in access to and quality of health care, with people from marginalized and traditionally underrepresented communities usually experiencing even worse outcomes. While data on the subject is available, thanks in part to the work of organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Disability Statistics Center, and the Agency on Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ), these data sets are often difficult to find, access, and analyze. Smaller organizations are often unable to obtain information that could help them argue for meaningful change in the policy and science spheres.
The objective of this project is to create and regularly update a “dashboard” that would explore, summarize, and present publicly accessible data from existing nationally representative data sources related to health care disparities for individuals with disabilities, including subpopulations based on both disability type and characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, poverty status and other relevant intersections.