Pathology of poverty: The need for quality improvement efforts to address social determinants of health

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 421-424

  Boozary, Andrew S ^a,b   Shojania, Kaveh G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIOLENCE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; POVERTY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 85055441921     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007552     Document Type: Review

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