The department’s fifth annual Health Care Disparities Report for Minnesota Health Care Programs includes performance rates on 13 specific measures, from preventive care, such as cancer screenings, to care for chronic conditions, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Key findings include the following:
• The largest improvement from last year occurred for controlling high blood pressure, with 72 percent of hypertensive patients achieving acceptable levels.
• Measures for controlling high blood pressure, appropriate testing for children with sore throats, screening for breast and cervical cancer and providing childhood immunizations improved between 11 and 30 percentage points.
• Despite these successes, performance rates on 10 of 13 measures were significantly lower for MHCP enrollees than for patients on private, employer-based healthcare insurance or Medicare programs.
• The largest disparities are in colorectal cancer screening (19 percentage points), breast cancer screening and optimal vascular care (both 13 percentage points) and optimal diabetes care (12 percentage points).
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