ArticleHealth services research2015
Sustained Reduction in Health Disparities Achieved through Targeted Quality Improvement: One-Year Follow-up on a Three-Year Intervention.
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- Use of interrupted time series methods in the evaluation of health system quality improvement interventions: a methodological systematic review.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
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- Developing a National Set of Health Equity Indicators Using a Consensus Building Process.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Article
- National initiatives to promote quality of care and patient safety: achievements to date and challenges ahead.Israel journal of health policy research · 2020Review
- The "Waze" of Inequity Reduction Frameworks for Organizations: a Scoping Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Article
- Healthcare disparities amongst vulnerable populations of Arabs and Jews in Israel.Israel journal of health policy research · 2018Article
- Evaluating an organization-wide disparity reduction program: Understanding what works for whom and why.PloS one · 2018Article
- Reducing inequity in primary care clinics treating low socioeconomic Jewish and Arab populations in Israel.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2017Article
- The Pursuit of Quality for Social Work Practice: Three Generations and Counting.Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess a quality improvement disparity reduction intervention and its sustainability. DATA SOURCES/STUDY
settingElectronic health records and Quality Index database of Clalit Health Services in Israel (2008-2012). STUDY
designInterrupted time-series with pre-, during, and postintervention disparities measurement between 55 target clinics (serving approximately 400,000 mostly low socioeconomic, minority populations) and all other (126) clinics. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION
methodsData on a Quality Indicator Disparity Scale (QUIDS-7) of 7 indicators, and on a 61-indicator scale (QUIDS-61). PRINCIPAL
findingsThe gap between intervention and nonintervention clinics for QUIDS-7 decreased by 66.7 percent and by 70.4 percent for QUIDS-61. Disparity reduction continued (18.2 percent) during the follow-up period.
conclusionsQuality improvement can achieve significant reduction in disparities in a wide range of clinical domains, which can be sustained over time.
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