Should quality data be collected by race, ethnicity?


Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement 14(4): 40-41

2007


ISSN/ISBN: 1541-1052
PMID: 17431976
Document Number: 614138
Most quality improvement leaders do not link disparities and QI initiatives and do not measure for disparities, according to study. Equity of care is one of the six domains of quality identified by the Institute of Medicine. At least one state now mandates collection of quality data according to race and ethnicity.

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