A roadmap and best practices for organizations to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 992-1000

  Chin, Marshall H ^a,b   Clarke, Amanda R ^b   Nocon, Robert S ^a,b   Casey, Alicia A ^a,b   Goddu, Anna P ^a,b   Keesecker, Nicole M ^a,b   Cook, Scott C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Equity; Intervention; Quality of care; Race

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOUNDATIONS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84864474488     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2082-9     Document Type: Review

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