The Brooklyn Health Equity Index: A new survey to measure patients' experience of bias and discrimination

Abstract

In 2022, United Hospital Fund convened a task force of leaders from New York health care organizations to help coordinate efforts to improve health equity and health care quality. The task force's findings were released in a recent UHF report.Complementing this report is a new series of spotlights chronicling how some task force members are already taking the initiative to connect quality and equity in their health systems.The spotlight series is organized in four themes: incorporating social determinants of health (SDoH) into clinical care models; patient engagement and co-design; improving capacity for SDoH screening and referrals; and investing in the community. This spotlight examines the Brooklyn Health Equity Index (BKHI), developed by SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center in partnership with One Brooklyn Health System (OBHS) and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health.Â