Racial and ethnic disparities within and between hospitals for inpatient quality of care: An examination of patient-level Hospital Quality Alliance measures

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 629-648

  Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^a   Kang, Raymond ^a   Landrum, Mary Beth ^b   Vogeli, Christine ^c   Baker, David W ^a   Weissman, Joel S ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Executive Office of Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Hospital Quality Alliance; Inpatient; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PNEUMONIA; RACE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART FAILURE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952920888     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0281     Document Type: Article

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