Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in estimates of AHRQ patient safety indicators

Medical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Coffey, Rosanna M ^a   Andrews, Roxanne M ^b   Moy, Ernest ^b  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Patient safety; Racial ethnic disparities; Socioeconomic disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NEWBORN; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANNUAL REPORTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 14844336999     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200503001-00008     Document Type: Article

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