Trends in quality of care and barriers to improvement in the Indian Health Service

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 480-486

  Sequist, Thomas D ^a,b,c   Cullen, Theresa ^d   Bernard, Kenneth ^a   Shaykevich, Shimon ^a   Orav, E John ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Indian Health Service; Native American; Quality improvement; Quality of care; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958235162     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1594-4     Document Type: Article

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