Impact of health disparities collaboratives on racial/ethnic and insurance disparities in US community health centers

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-286

  Hicks, LeRoi S ^a,b   O'Malley, A James ^a   Lieu, Tracy A ^a,c,d   Keegan, Thomas ^a   McNeil, Barbara J ^a,b   Guadagnoli, Edward ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERRATUM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149145351     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.493     Document Type: Erratum

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