As hospital quality increases, racial inequality in care decreases

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Quality

 

A major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that as quality improved on 17 measures in hospital care, so did racial and ethnic equality, according to Medscape.

The study examined more than 12 million acute care hospitalizations during a five-year period. Care for blacks and Hispanics--in particular for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and pneumonia--became better and more equitable when comparing hospitals primarily serving whites with hospitals primarily serving minorities, the article says.

Read more below:

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/836379

Laura Pedulli

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