Leveraging quality improvement to achieve equity in health care

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 435-442

  Green, Alexander R ^a,b   Tan McGrory, Aswita ^a   Cervantes, Marina C ^a   Betancourt, Joseph R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; RACE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 78651262240     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36065-X     Document Type: Article

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