Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health in HEDIS: Data for Measurement

A June 2021 Issue Brief from NCQA summarizes key considerations in using HEDIS to assess and advance health equity.

Topics include:

• Defining frequently used terms—including terms that are often conflated or misused.
• Using HEDIS to gauge language diversity and racial/ethnic diversity among health plan members.
• Using administrative and community-level proxy data to detect social needs.

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