Research & Data
The CMS Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) offers a variety of resources to help increase awareness about health disparities. Our information products, reports on recent research efforts, data sets, and mapping tool will help you advance your work toward health equity.
2024 Health Equity-related Data Definitions, Standards, & Stratification Practices (PDF)
This resource can be used as guidance for providers, states, community organizers, and others to improve their health equity-related data collection and analysis. The report includes suggested definitions, standards, and stratification practices for various sociodemographic elements including, race, ethnicity, sex, and others.
Health Care Disparities Data
Research Reports
The CMS Office of Minority Health Research Reports span a broad range of issues, which address the Office’s informational needs and long-term research needs. These resources include high-quality and relevant health policy research through transparency of health care data and analytics.
Featured Reports
Stratified Reporting
Stratified Reporting provides useful information for targeting quality improvement activities and resources, monitoring health and drug plan performance, and advancing the development of culturally and linguistically appropriate quality improvement interventions and strategies.