title: Challenges to using a business case for addressing health disparities.
abstract: The authors consider the challenges to quantifying both the business case and the social case for addressing disparities, which is central to achieving equity in the U.S. health care system. They describe the practical and methodological challenges faced by health plans exploring the business and social cases for undertaking disparity-reducing interventions. Despite these challenges, sound business and quality improvement principles can guide health care organizations seeking to reduce disparities. Place-based interventions may help focus resources and engage health care and community partners who can share in the costs of-and gains from-such efforts.
authors.affiliation: RAND in Arlington, Virginia.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lurie
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Somers
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fremont
authors.forename: January
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Angeles
authors.forename: Erin K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamblin
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006302:Health Services Research; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States