Meaningful Disparities Reduction Through Research and Translation Programs

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dc.contributor.authorChin, M. H.
dc.contributor.authorGoldmann, D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:59Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:59Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractHealth care disparities are unacceptable, but progress toward reducing them has been painfully slow. Each year the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ’s) National Healthcare Disparities Report documents persistent differences in care by factors such as race, ethnicity, and insurance status. 1 Public awareness of these disparities is growing, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 will hasten transparency by encouraging collection of race, ethnicity, and language data. However, recognizing the existence of disparities is not sufficient to catalyze meaningful action. Even the most motivated clinicians and health care organizations may not know how to proceed because information on which interventions work in specific contexts or at scale is limited. 2 There is broad agreement that meaningful efforts to reduce disparities are linked inextricably to quality improvement. In its 2001 report Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of …
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.26
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/jbwo-dxtl
dc.identifier.citationChin, M. H. and Goldmann, D. (2011) Meaningful Disparities Reduction Through Research and Translation Programs. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 305 (4). pp. 404-405.
dc.identifier.issn0098-7484
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2690
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23357
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectPrenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.subjectChronic Illness & Diseases
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectasthma
dc.subjectchildren's health
dc.subjectchronic disease
dc.subjecthealth policy
dc.subjecthealth services research
dc.subjecthealthcare disparities
dc.subjectquality of health care
dc.subjectUnited States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
dc.titleMeaningful Disparities Reduction Through Research and Translation Programs
dc.typeArticle

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