Using State-Level Data in Understanding Measures of Health Equity (Part One – Coverage, Affordability and Cost of Care, Access to Care, and Quality of Care)

This blog provides a high-level overview of a range of state-level measures which may help states understand and track trends across indicators of health equity, such as health insurance coverage, health care access and affordability, and quality of care. Making strides toward achieving health equity depends equally on better understanding health disparities as well as on making concerted, measurable efforts toward reducing avoidable differences in populations’ health outcomes.