National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
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Acknowledgments<br />
The NHQR and NHDR are the products of collaboration among agencies across the Department of <strong>Health</strong> and<br />
Human Services (HHS). Many individuals guided and contributed to this report. Without their magnanimous<br />
support, this report would not have been possible.<br />
Specifically, we thank:<br />
Primary AHRQ Staff: Carolyn Clancy, William Munier, Katherine Crosson, Ernest Moy, Karen HoChaves,<br />
William Freeman, and Doreen Bonnett.<br />
HHS Interagency Workgroup for the NHQR/NHDR: Girma Alemu (HRSA), Hakan Aykan (ASPE), Rachel<br />
Ballard-Barbash (NCI), Magda Barini-Garcia (HRSA), Kirsten Beronio (ASPE), Douglas Boenning (ASPE), Julia<br />
Bryan (HRSA), Steven Clauser (NCI), Rachel Clement (HRSA), Martin Dannenfelser (ACF), Agnes Davidson<br />
(OPHS), Brenda Evelyn (FDA), Susan Fleck (CMS/NC), Edward Garcia (CMS), Miryam Gerdine (HRSA),<br />
Olinda Gonzalez (SAMHSA), Tanya Grandison (HRSA), Saadia Greenberg (AoA), Kirk Greenway (IHS), Lein<br />
Han (CMS), Linda Harlan (NCI), Rebecca Hines (CDC/NCHS), Edwin Huff (CMS/OA), Meghan Hufstader<br />
(ONC), Deloris Hunter (NIH), Memuna Ifedirah (CMS/OCSQ), Kenneth Johnson (OCR), Ruta Kadonoff<br />
(ASPE), Ruth Katz (ASPE), Richard Klein (CDC/NCHS), Lisa Koonin (CDC/NCHS), Helen Lamont (ASPE),<br />
Shari Ling (CMS/OCSQ), Leopold Luberecki (ASPE), Diane Makuc (CDC/NCHS), Richard McNaney (CMS),<br />
Diane Meier (ASPE), Nancy Miller (NIH), Carmen Moten (NIH/NIMH), Iran Naqvi (ORH), Leo Nolan (IHS),<br />
Cynthia Ogden (CDC/NCHS), Karen Oliver (NIH/NIMH), Lisa Patton (ASPE), Diane Pilkey (ASPE), Susan<br />
Polniaszek (ASPE), Suzanne Proctor-Hallquist (CDC/NCHS), Barry Portnoy (NIH/OD), Michael Rapp (CMS),<br />
Georgetta Robinson (CMS), William Rodriguez (FDA/OD), Rochelle Rollins (OMH), Asel Ryskulova<br />
(CDC/NCHS), Michael Schoenbaum (NIMH), Adelle Simmons (ASPE), Alan E. Simon (CDC/NCHS), Sunil<br />
Sinha (CMS), Jane Sisk (CDC/NCHS), Phillip Smith (IHS), Nancy Sonnenfeld (CDC/NCHS), Caroline Taplin<br />
(HHS-ASPE), Emmanuel Taylor (NCI), Wilma Tilson (ASPE), Karmen Todd (OCR), Benedict Truman (CDC),<br />
Sayeedha Uddin (CDC/NCHS), Nadarajen A. Vydelingum (NIH), Barbara Wells (NHLBI), Valerie Welsh<br />
(OPHS/OMH), Deborah Willis-Fillinger (HRSA), Lee Wilson (ASPE/OS), Susan Yanovski (NIH/NIDDK), and<br />
Pierre Yong (ASPE).<br />
AHRQ NHQR/NHDR Team: Roxanne Andrews (CDOM), Barbara Barton (SSS), Doreen Bonnett (OCKT),<br />
Jeffrey Brady (CQuIPS), Eva Chang (CQuIPS), Xiuhua Chen (SSS), Fran Chevarley (CFACT), Cecilia Rivera<br />
Casale (OEREP), Karen Ho Chaves (CQuIPS), Beth Collins Sharp (OEREP), Katherine Crosson (CQuIPS),<br />
Denise Dougherty (OEREP), William Freeman (CQuIPS), Erin Grace (CP3), Darryl Gray (CQuIPS), Padmini<br />
Jagadish (OEREP), Heather Johnson-Skrivanek (CP3), Ram Khadka (SSS), Shyam Misra (OEREP), Atlang<br />
Mompe (SSS), Ernest Moy (CQuIPS), William Munier (CQuIPS), Ryan Mutter (CDOM), Janet Pagán-Sutton<br />
(SSS), Amir Razi (SSS), Judy Sangl (CQuIPS), Nancy Wilson (IOD), and Marc Zodet (CFACT).<br />
HHS Data Experts: Barbara Altman (CDC/NCHS), Anjani Chandra (CDC/NCHS), Steven Cohen (AHRQ),<br />
James Colliver (SAMHSA), Paul Eggers (NIH), David Keer (ED/OSERS), William Mosher (CDC/NCHS),<br />
Cynthia Ogden (CDC/NCHS), Robin Remsburg (CDC/NCHS), Asel Ryskulova (CDC/NCHS), Alan E. Simon<br />
(CDC/NCHS), Jane Sisk (CDC/NCHS), and members of the Interagency Subcommittee on Disability Statistics.<br />
Other Data Experts: Dale Bratzler (Oklahoma QIO), Michael Halpern (NCDB, American Cancer Society), Allen<br />
Ma (Oklahoma QIO), Lauren Miller (Oklahoma QIO), Wato Nsa (Oklahoma QIO), Bryan Palis (American<br />
College of Surgeons), Florentina R. Salvail (Hawaii Department of <strong>Health</strong>), Allison Petrilla (NHCPO), Hardy<br />
Spoehr (Papa Ola Lokahi), Andrew Stewart (NCDB, American College of Surgeons), Jo Ann Tsark (Papa Ola<br />
Lokahi), and Claudia Wright (Oklahoma QIO).<br />
Other AHRQ Contributors: Cindy Brach, Karen Fleming-Michael, Christine Heidenrich, Biff LeVee, Corey<br />
Mackison, Gerri Michael-Dyer, Karen Migdail, Linwood Norman, Pamela Owens, Mamatha Pancholi, Larry<br />
Patton, Wendy Perry, Mary Rolston, Scott Rowe, Bruce Seeman, Randie Siegel, and Phyllis Zucker.<br />
Data Support Contractors: CHD-Fu, Social and Scientific Systems, Thomson Reuters <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong>, and Westat.<br />
<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011