Appropriately identifying disparities in health outcomes is essential, as it informs policy makers about groups that are in greater need of assistance.
This pilot study wanted to assess whether the integration of data from administrative health information systems and socio-economic features allows identifying disparities in prenatal care trajectories.
It was intended that group interview data would serve in part to contextualise findings from the audit: elucidating approaches to record-keeping and identifying disparities between reported and recorded practice.
The Healthy Days surveillance data are particularly useful for finding unmet health needs, identifying disparities among demographic and socioeconomic subpopulations, characterizing the symptom burden of disabilities and chronic diseases, and tracking population patterns and trends.
The identified disparity between the parameter sets reflects a high level of uncertainty which can only in part be explained by a varying focus and modelling approach of their sources.
This study has identified disparity in HAI identification, classification, and calculation of HAI rates using clinical vignettes in large acute care Australian hospitals.
Our findings also identified disparity between the reported educational agendas that guided OME objectives; some focused upon raising student awareness about obesity whereas others aimed to equip students with weight management skills.
As well as facilitating conversations about the pay gap, opening up data is one way we can identify disparities between employers to ensure we're paid equally for equal work.
National surveillance data identify disparities in low-fat milk consumption by race/ethnicity and income.
Prior research has identified disparities in access to care, resource utilization, and outcomes in members of racial and ethnic minorities.
