title: Closing the gap. A new consortium seeks to end health care disparities.
abstract: New evidence indicates that minorities receive lower-quality health care than whites do, even accounting for economic differences. A new coalition intends to do something about it.
authors.affiliation: Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET), Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasnain-Wynia
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States