Setting a National Agenda for surgical disparities research recommendations from the National Institutes of Health and American College of Surgeons summit

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 554-563

  Haider, Adil H ^a   Dankwa Mullan, Irene ^b   Maragh Bass, Allysha C ^a   Torain, Maya ^a   Zogg, Cheryl K ^a   Lilley, Elizabeth J ^a   Kodadek, Lisa M ^c   Changoor, Navin R ^a   Najjar, Peter ^a   Rose, John A ^a   Ford, Henri R ^d   Salim, Ali ^a   Stain, Steven C ^e   Shafi, Shahid ^f   Sutton, Beth ^g   Hoyt, David ^h   Maddox, Yvonne T ⁱ   Britt, L D ^j  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Division of General Surgery   (United States)

^h AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^j EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONSENSUS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINORITY HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SCIENTIST; SURGEON; SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; REHABILITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84975042551     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0014     Document Type: Article

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