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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782105903321

Titolo

Challenges and successes in reducing health disparities [[electronic resource] ] : workshop summary / / Jennifer A. Cohen, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

0-309-18570-X

1-281-76728-X

9786611767280

0-309-11691-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CohenJennifer A. <1964->

Disciplina

362.1089

Soggetti

Ethnic groups - Medical care - United States

Health care reform - United States

Health services accessibility - United States

Medical care - United States - Regional disparities

Medical policy - United States

Minorities - Medical care - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The impact of geography on health disparities in the United States : different perspectives -- Clinical and community-development approaches to reducing disparities -- Successful clinical and community-development strategies -- Health disparities in a business environment -- Moving forward -- Agenda of the public meeting held by the roundtable on health disparities -- Workshop presenters' biosketches and participant list -- Eight Americas : investigating mortality disparities across races, counties, and race-counties in the United States -- Community approaches to addressing health disparities.