Equity measures and systems reform as tools for reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Watson, Sidney D. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2005]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Delivery of Health Care -- standards Health Care Reform -- standards Prejudice Quality Assurance, Health Care -- organization & administration Ethnic Groups Government Regulation Medicaid Medicare Process Assessment (Health Care) Humans United States Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Many health care quality regulators, including officials of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other agencies, have embraced systems reform--largely through mandates that require health care providers to implement Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) initiatives. Currently, however, no QAPI requirements stipulate that individual plans or providers measure racial and ethnic disparities. Performance measurements that do not track data by race and ethnicity, the author says, not only miss inequities but are likely to overlook promising techniques for reaching patients of particular racial and ethnic backgrounds. Incorporating equity measures into existing QAPI requirements, the report finds, would not require statutory amendment or new federal regulations. This report provides a template for developing new administrative policies to mandate equity QAPIs and use financial incentives to encourage their adoption.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101255033 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101255033