Issue Brief Summary

Demographics, Diversity and Accountability:
The Health of New Jersey's Communities in 1999
February 24, 1999

Discusses the challenges to policymakers related to demographic changes in America and in New Jersey, on a microcosmic level. Focuses on issues related to health status disparity between and among different racial and ethnic groups and potential barriers to health care for culturally diverse groups, particularly in a managed health care environment. Offers a summary of federal-level and state responses to the challenges and includes short sections on related issues such as minority physician workforce equity and trends in health insurance coverage for minority populations. New Jersey and U.S. comparative data is presented as a snapshot, indicating sociodemographic, economic and health data (1996-1997). [13pp]

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