HHS Announces Refined Survey Standards to Help Eliminate Differences in Care Based on Race, Ethnicity, Sex, Primary Language, or Disability

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released final standards to more consistently measure race, ethnicity, sex, primary language and disability status. This will improve the ability to notice disparities in health status and target interventions to reduce these disparities. The new standards are part of the [HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities][1], and will also address disparities in people with disabilities.

[1]: http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/HHS/HHS_Plan_complete.pdf

URL: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/10/20111031b.html