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Detailed information about healthcare disparities can be found at the website for
the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities at www.cdc.gov/omhd. The
AHRQ routinely examines the issue of disparities in health care and reports its
findings to the public. AHRQ’s current report, the National Healthcare Dispar-
ities Report of 2009, confirms that some Americans continue to receive inferior
care because of such factors as race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. This re-
port found disparities
• Across all dimensions of healthcare quality: effectiveness, patient safety, time-
liness, and patient centeredness.