Health care organizations' use of race/ethnicity data to address quality disparities.
Health care organizations-health plans, hospitals, community health centers, clinics, and group practices-can play an important role in the elimination of racial/ethnic disparities in health care. There are now a number of examples of organizations that have been successful in reducing or eliminating disparities, and a number of published examples of how quality improvement initiatives can improve care for members of targeted minority groups, thereby contributing to the elimination of disparities.
Nerenz
David R
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Center for Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA. dnerenz1@hfhs.org
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D044469:Racial Groups; D012935:Social Justice; D014481:United States