Performance of racial and ethnic minority-serving hospitals on delivery-related indicators.

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Abstract

We sought to explore how racial/ethnic minority-serving hospitals perform on 15 delivery-related indicators, and examine whether indicators vary by race/ethnicity within the same type of hospitals.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol.

Title: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-6868

ISSN (Print): 0002-9378

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2014

Volume: 211

Issue: 6

Affiliations

[1 ] Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: acreanga@cdc.gov.

[2 ] Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

[3 ] Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI.

[4 ] Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

[5 ] Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY.

[6 ] Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Article

Publisher Item ID: S0002-9378(14)00567-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.06.006

PubMed ID: 24909341

SO-VID: 80da1c43-0142-4ac1-9b7e-ec8bcd3b6dbe

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Keywords: United States,delivery,ethnicity,quality of care,race

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Keywords: United States, delivery, ethnicity, quality of care, race

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