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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970642803321

Titolo

Guidance for the national healthcare disparities report / / Elaine K. Swift, editor ; Committee on Guidance for Designing a National Healthcare Disparities Report, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : The National Academies Press, c2002

ISBN

9786610183258

9780309169004

0309169003

9781280183256

128018325X

9780309566292

0309566290

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SwiftElaine K. <1957->

Disciplina

362.1/0973

Soggetti

Health services accessibility - United States

Equality - Health aspects - United States

Medical policy - Social aspects - United States

Medical care - Needs assessment - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Executive summary -- Committee report -- Measuring the effects of socioeconomic status on health care -- Measuring disparities in health care quality and service utilization -- Measuring disparities in access to care -- Geography and disparities in health care -- Appendix I Workshop agenda -- Appendix II Public testimony -- Appendix III Committee biographies.

Sommario/riassunto

The Agency for Healthcare Research Quality commissioned the Institute of Medicine establish a committee to provide guidance on the National Healthcare Disparities Report is of access to health care, utilization of services, and the services received. The committee was asked to con population characteristics as race and ethnicity, society status, and



geographic location. It was also asked to examine factors that included possible data sources and types of measures for the report.