Improving health care quality for racial/ethnic minorities: a systematic review of the best evidence regarding provider and organization interventions.

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Published in BMC Public Health on April 24, 2006

Authors

Mary Catherine Beach1, Tiffany L Gary, Eboni G Price, Karen Robinson, Aysegul Gozu, Ana Palacio, Carole Smarth, Mollie Jenckes, Carolyn Feuerstein, Eric B Bass, Neil R Powe, Lisa A Cooper

Author Affiliations

1: Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. mcbeach@jhmi.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Black Patients' Lived Experiences and Perceptions of Skin of Color Clinics | NCT02375659

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