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Assumed Equity: Early Observations From The First Hospital Disparities Collaborative, Bruce Siegel, Jennifer K. Bretsch, Vickie Sears, Marsha Regenstein, Marcia J. Wilson
Assumed Equity: Early Observations From The First Hospital Disparities Collaborative, Bruce Siegel, Jennifer K. Bretsch, Vickie Sears, Marsha Regenstein, Marcia J. Wilson
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
Disparities in healthcare represent a failure in the equity domain of quality. Although disparities have been well documented, little has been written about how hospitals might use improved data collection and quality improvement techniques to eliminate disparities. This article describes early findings from the planning phase of the first hospital-based disparities collaborative. The authors also discuss the changes in policy and practice that may speed hospitals in placing disparities and equity on their quality agendas.
Achieving Family Health Literacy: The Case For Insuring Children, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin, Barbara Debuono
Achieving Family Health Literacy: The Case For Insuring Children, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin, Barbara Debuono
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
One aspect of the SCHIP reauthorization debate that has received more limited attention than it deserves is the relationship between children's health insurance coverage and family health literacy. That is, to what extent is children's health insurance associated with higher health literacy, and to what extent is reduced parental health literacy linked to lower rates of health insurance among children? This association is extremely important, since there is strong evidence of a link between health literacy and the appropriate use of health care. Evidence suggests that when previously uninsured children are covered by health insurance, parents at all income levels …