Eliminating healthcare disparities in America : beyond the IOM report

Eliminating healthcare disparities in America : beyond the IOM report /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Williams, Richard Allen, 1936-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
Discrimination in medical care
Health services accessibility
Minorities > Medical care
Race discrimination
Racism > Cross-cultural studies.
Social medicine
Discrimination dans les soins médicaux.
Santé, Services de > Accessibilité.
Minorités > Soins médicaux.
Discrimination raciale.
Racisme > Études transculturelles.
Médecine sociale.
Healthcare Disparities
Health Care Reform
Health Policy
Health Status Disparities
Quality of Health Care
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Table of Contents:
  • I. Underlying causes of healthcare disparities
  • 1. Historical perspectives on healthcare disparities : is the past prologue? / Richard Allen Williams
  • 2. Epidemiology of racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare / George A. Mensah and Maleeka J. Glover
  • 3. Cultural diversity in medicine and in healthcare delivery / Richard Allen Williams
  • II. Current problems
  • 4. Healthcare and the politics of race / M. Gregg Bloche
  • 5. Barriers to eliminating disparities in clinical practice: lessons from the IOM report "Unequal Treatment" / Joseph R. Betancourt and Angela Maina
  • 6. Second-class medicine: implications of evidence-based medicine for improving minority access to the correct pharmaceutical therapy / Randall W. Maxey and Richard Allen Williams
  • 7. The diversity benefit: how does diversity among health professionals address public needs? / Brian D. Smedley
  • III. Approaches to correcting the problems
  • 8. Eliminating disparities in healthcare through quality improvement / Kevin Fiscella
  • 9. Eliminating racial discrimination in healthcare: a call for state healthcare anti-discrimination law / Vernellia R. Randall
  • 10. Quality of care and health disparities: the evolving role of government / Garth N. Graham
  • 11. The role of communities in eliminating healthcare disparities: getting down to the grass roots / JudyAnn Bigby
  • 12. The potential impact of performance incentive programs on racial disparities in healthcare / Alyna T. Chien
  • IV. Examples of what works
  • 13. Monitoring socioeconomic determinants for healthcare disparities: tools from the Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project / Nancy Krieger ... [et a.]
  • 14. The Association of Black Cardiologists: a small-group success story / Richard Allen Williams
  • 15. Breathe easy in Seattle: addressing asthma disparities through healthier housing / James W. Krieger ... [et al.]
  • 16. Access Health Solutions: a minority physician network model that works / Kathy B. Jackson
  • 17. Carolinas Association for Community Health Equity-CACHE: a community coalition to address health disparities in racial and ethnic minorities in Mecklenburg County North Carolina / Yele Aluko
  • V. Concluding recommendations
  • 18. Principles for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare / John Z. Ayanian and Richard Allen Williams.

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