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    Race, Ethnicity, and the Health Care System: Public Perceptions and Experiences
    (2000) Lillie-Blanton, Marsha; Brodie, Mollyann; Rowland, Diane; Altman, Drew; McIntosh, Mary
    Abstract available on publisher's web site.
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    Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care: Issues for Reform
    (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008) Lillie-Blanton, Marsha
    Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee on Health, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the issue of racial disparities in health and health care. I am Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Senior Advisor on Race, Ethnicity, and Health Care at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and also an Associate Research Professor in the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. Today, 1 in 3 Americans self-identify as either Hispanic/Latino, African American/Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. By 2050, half of the U.S. population will be a person of color (Figure 1). This demographic shift in the population suggests that there are economic as well as health consequences of our failure to eliminate longstanding disparities in health status and in access to health care.
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    Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity & Medical Care
    (The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007) James, Cara; Thomas, Megan; Lillie-Blanton, Marsha; Garfield, Rachel
    This update of Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity, and Medical Care, like its predecessors, is intended to serve as a quick reference source on the health, health insurance coverage, access and quality of health care of racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The document highlights some of the best available data and research in these areas. Since the first edition of Key Facts in 1999, the issue of racial/ethnic disparities in health care has received a significant level of attention. The Institute of Medicine released Unequal Treatment in 2002 summarizing the research to date on racial and ethnic disparities in health care and offering guidance as to what questions remained unanswered and what information was needed to answer those questions. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released the first National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) in 2003. The report, which is issued annually by AHRQ, provides a comprehensive review of disparities in health care among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups in the United States.