America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers

How can we identify and track racial and ethnic health disparities when Medicaid enrollment records are missing key information on beneficiaries?

The lack of data on race and ethnicity in Medicaid enrollment records is an increasingly significant public and policy challenge that the U.S. Census Bureau is trying to address.

New Census Bureau research found that linking Medicaid data with decennial census and American Community Survey (ACS) data could help identify gaps and evaluate the quality of race/ethnicity information in Medicaid records.

This work further enhances the utility of Census Bureau survey data and creates new estimates related to racial and ethnic health disparities, social determinants of health, and population health.

Continue reading to learn more about:

• Linking data
• Missing race/ethnicity information
• Missing data and mortality estimates

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