Trends in socioeconomic disparities in health care quality in four countries

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Hussey, Peter ^a   Anderson, Gerard ^b   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^c   Feek, Colin ^d   Kelley, Edward ^e   Osborn, Robin ^f   Raleigh, Veena ^g   Epstein, Arnold ^h  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

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

^f Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Efficiency; Health care financing; Health care system; Patient outcomes (health status, mortality quality of life); Quality; Quality indicators; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 38148998782     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm055     Document Type: Article

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