Why and how six aligning forces for quality communities have focused on reducing disparities

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 435-449

  Yonek, Juliet C ^a   Mittler, Jessica N ^b   Hasnain Wynia, Romana ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Outcomes Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; minority groups; public reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; UNITED STATES; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910061000     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558714533826     Document Type: Article

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