For more information, please visit: www.actuary.org 2 Why actuaries care about health equity • Key health decision-makers rely on actuaries for advice • Unique skillset to quantify costs of health disparities to the health care system • Commitment to identifying and addressing issues on behalf of the public interest • Desire to explore and understand whether any actuarial p. [...] 5 Initial phase—Discussion brief developed a list of questions and topics to explore further • Comprehensive list served as starting point for further analysis • Four areas of focus: • Health plan pricing • Health plan benefit design • Provider contracting and network development • Population health management 6 Subs. [...] Selected Area-Level Indices • Area Deprivation Index • COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index • Neighborhood Stress Score • Social Vulnerability Index • Distressed Communities Index • Opportunity Index • Social Deprivation Index • Healthiest Communities • Social Capital Index • AHRQ Socioeconomic Status Index • Material Community Deprivation Index • Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards In. [...] Prosperity Index • Census Bureau Community Resilience • Multidimensional SDOH Index Estimates • National Risk Index • Child Opportunity Index 2.0 • Neighborhood Concentrated Disadvantage • Community Need Index Index • Community Resilience Indicator Analysis • Neighborhood Deprivation Index • COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage Index • Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status 24 © 2023 American Academy of Actuaries. [...] Additional Resources • Landscape of Are-aLevel Deprivation Measures and Other Approaches to Account for Social Risk and Social Determinants of Health in Health Care Payments (RAND/ASPhEttp)s ://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/are-alevel-measures-account-sdoh • Social Determinants of Health: A Review of Publicly Available Indices (Hinnant et al., RThIt)tp s://rtipress.scholasticahq.com/article/55734 • Assessm.
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