Creating the Business Case for Achieving Health Equity

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 792-796

  Chin, Marshall H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

business case; disparities; equity; payment; reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAID; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; REIMBURSEMENT; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958758229     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3604-7     Document Type: Article

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