Americans receive only about half of the recommended care they should receive. Adopting quality improvement strategies, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, and changing how care is delivered at the local level can improve the care all Americans receive.
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February 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
To explore the question of what constitutes quality in a health care encounter from the patient perspective, Mathematica Policy Research conducted focus groups with African Americans, Latinos, Asian Indians, and whites.
June 29, 2011 | Story
Jennie Chin Hansen builds and leads a movement to improve health, health care and the overall quality of life for older Americans.
August 1, 2007 | Report
This report on the underuse of preventive care in the U.S. documents how many lives are lost unnecessarily each year due to underutilization of preventive care and details which services in particular are not being efficiently accessed by Americans. ...
October 19, 2009 | News Release
Seven grants given to organizations with demonstrated abilities to develop and test interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care.
January 24, 2012 | Story
Rodriguez investigated the degree of differential item functioning on the Clinician & Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG-CAHPS) survey.
May 5, 2011 | Journal Article
Stigma around depression affects Latino's interest in seeking treatment.
September 12, 2010 | News Release
Making signage easy to understand and eliminating language barriers is one simple way to iimprove the health care experience for everyone.