Governance around quality of care at hospitals that disproportionately care for black patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-303

  Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; GOVERNING BOARD; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862567090     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1880-9     Document Type: Article

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