Organisational efforts to improve quality while reducing healthcare disparities: The case of breast cancer screening among Arab women in Israel

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Wilf Miron, Rachel ^a   Galai, Noya ^b,c   Gabali, Amal ^a   Lewinhoff, Irene ^a   Tov, Orna Shem ^a   Lernau, Omri ^a,d   Shemer, Joshua ^a,e  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78249258701     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.029645     Document Type: Article

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