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Title: Institute of Medicine Workshop:


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  • Institute of Medicine Workshop
  • Guidance in Designing a National Healthcare
    Disparities Report
  • Julianna Gonen, Ph.D. and Rea PaƱares, M.H.S.
  • Center for Prevention and Health Services
  • Washington Business Group on Health
  • 20 March 2002

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Washington Business Group on Health
  • National non-profit devoted to analysis of health
    policy from the corporate purchaser perspective
  • Private and public sector employers
  • Represent 40 million employees, dependents,
    retirees
  • Founded in 1974

3
WBGH Board of Directors
  • 3M
  • AOL Time Warner
  • California Healthcare Foundation
  • Dell Computer Corporation
  • Ford Motor Co.
  • General Electric Co.
  • General Mills, Inc.
  • Health Policy Corporation of Iowa
  • Honeywell
  • IBM Corporation
  • Mead Corporation
  • PepsiCo, Inc.
  • Pitney Bowes
  • Sokolov, Sokolov, and Burgess
  • Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company
  • Verizon Communications
  • Xerox Corporation

4
WBGH Mission Statement
  • The Washington Business Group on Health is the
    national voice of large employers dedicated to
    finding innovative and forward-thinking solutions
    to the nations most important health care issues.

5
WBGH Activities
  • Make the business case for important health care
    issues
  • Center for Prevention and Health Services
  • CDC Cooperative Agreement
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Health Disparities
  • Clinical Preventive Services
  • Mental Health
  • Disability Management

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Main Topics
  • WBGH supports the National Disparities Report
  • National Disparities Report useful to WBGH and
    our members
  • Priority issues and data elements important to
    employers
  • Employer concerns and the employer role

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WBGH Supports NDR
  • WBGH Exploratory meeting
  • Employer Leadership Forum Promoting Health for a
    Culturally Diverse Workforce The Impact of
    Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities on Employee
    Health and Productivity
  • Strengthens WBGHs work in this area
  • WBGH Health Disparities Initiative

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Health Disparities Initiative Promoting Health
for Culturally Diverse Workforce
  • Objectives
  • Provide pertinent and timely information to
    employers on issues affecting their diverse
    workforce
  • Develop practical solutions and tools
  • Serve as the link between business and public
    health leaders

9
Health Disparities Initiative Promoting Health
for Culturally Diverse Workforce
  • Expert Advisory Panels
  • Technical Advisory Board
  • Employer Council
  • Current Activities
  • Proposed Activities

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NDR Useful to WBGH Members
  • IOM/AHRQ highly respected by employers
  • Quality report
  • Lends seriousness to issue
  • Encourage employers to take action
  • Data collection
  • Re-examine purchasing behavior and employee
    wellness programs

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Priority Issues
  • Quality of services received
  • Same investment should same care
  • Utilization of services
  • Disease management programs
  • Work-site wellness programs and screenings
  • Access to health care
  • Differential treatment recommendations

12
Data Elements
  • Extent of disparities, controlling for insurance
    status
  • Disparities within leading chronic conditions
  • Geographic dispersion
  • Languages spoken and effect on health

13
Employer Concerns
  • Means to safely collect data to determine
    extent of disparities within workforce
  • Absence of data relating race/ethnicity to health
    outcomes and productivity

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Conclusion
  • Address employer concerns
  • Specific suggestions on employer role
  • How to use leverage as purchasers
  • Programs to implement on-site
  • Employee Education
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