Disparities
Healthy Metric Releases Mental Health Disparities Report
Healthy Metric is a collaboration between and funded by the Wisconsin Partnership program and the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin. Together, they are working to eliminate health disparities in Wisconsin through collaboration, measurement, and interventions. Their partners in this work are the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, the Wisconsin Health Information Organization and Marshfield Clinic Research.
In June of 2023, Healthy Metric released “Disparities in Mental Health Care and Outcomes: A Healthy Metric 2023 Report for Wisconsin." This report identifies gaps in mental health screening, diagnoses, and telehealth utilization across various demographics, including race and ethnicity, rural and urban geography, insurance type, and age. The data used in the report were sourced from health system data submitted to the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) in 2021 and claims data from the Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO) spanning 2019 to 2021.
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Report Overview
Widespread disparities exist in health outcomes and care in Wisconsin. Although Wisconsin ranks high in overall health care nationally, the state performs poorly with respect to disparities.
The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) and its member organizations developed the Wisconsin Health Disparities Reports to identify where disparities in health outcomes and care exist In Wisconsin and to help inform and accelerate programs that are working to eliminate disparities. WCHQ hopes that by identifying and publicly reporting these differences, this report will draw attention to and promote public accountability, improvement and action by multiple stakeholders.
The 2019 health disparities report identifies gaps in care related to ethnicity/race, payer and geography. The 2020 report identifies where disparities in health outcomes and care exist in rural and urban areas in Wisconsin by using a unique categorization system developed by investigators at the University of Wisconsin Health Innovation Program (HIP).
Eliminating health disparities is a task that cannot be done by health systems alone or accomplished in silos. This report can contribute to the identification of opportunities for health systems, health departments, policymakers, nonprofits and employers to develop collaborative approaches within their communities to create a healthier Wisconsin for all.
Appendix Overview
The 2020 Appendix contains detailed methodology, measure definitions for all WCHQ measures, and tables including performance and denominator data for all measures stratified by the new and distinct rural and urban groupings.
The 2019 Appendix contains detailed methodology, measure definitions for all WCHQ measures, and tables including performance and denominator data for all measures stratified by race/ethnicity, payer and rural/urban residence.
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