Development of health equity indicators in primary health care organizations using a modified Delphi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Sabrina T ^a   Browne, Annette J ^a   Varcoe, Colleen ^a   Lavoie, Josée ^b,c   Fridkin, Alycia ^a   Smye, Victoria ^a,d   Godwin, Olive ^e   Tu, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^e Prince George Division of Family Practice   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE EQUITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; CANADA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EQUITY; STANDARDS;

CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84918567019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114563     Document Type: Article

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