Quality reporting that addresses disparities in health care

JAMA

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-226

  Jha, Ashish K ^a,b   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS;

HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904261607     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.7204     Document Type: Short Survey

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