The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a report on the use of data to understand and address health disparities related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. HHS OIG notes that racial and ethnic data associated with COVID-19 reporting are sometimes missing, inconsistent, or inaccurate, while socioeconomic data in COVID-19 reporting are neither clearly defined nor consistently collected. To read the HHS OIG report on the use of data to understand and address health disparities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, use the first link below. To read the HHS OIG announcement and summary of the report on the use of data to understand and address health disparities related to the COVID-19 pandemic, use the second link below.
https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-05-20-00540.pdf (HHS OIG report on the use of data to understand and address health disparities related to the COVID-19 pandemic)
https://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-05-20-00540.asp (HHS OIG announcement and summary of report on the use of data to understand and address health disparities related to the COVID-19 pandemic)