Addressing Health Care Disparities Using Public Reporting

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 275-281

  Snowden, Anne McGeary ^a   Kunerth, Vicki ^b   Carlson, Angeline M ^c   McRae, James A ^b   Vetta, Erika ^a  

^a Minnesota Community Measurement   (United States)

^b Minnesota Department of Human Services   (United States)

^c Data Intelligence Consultants LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; health care measurement; health care public reporting; health care quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISCLOSURE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MINNESOTA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863204361     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611424078     Document Type: Article

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