Equity in the Distribution of Quality of Care

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9103382
AutoresLeon Wyszewianski (University of Michigan), Avedis Donabedian (University of Michigan)
Ano1981
Volume19
FascículoSupplement
Páginas28-56
Data de publicação1981-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditoraOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-198112001-00005
PMID7040836
OpenAlexW2015891050
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7

This article examines whether the quality of health care services in the United States is equitably distributed across all groups in the population, especially groups defined by age, race, sex, and income characteristics. The framework within which the question is answered draws distinctions among structural, process, and outcome inequities. The available evidence suggests that all three types of inequity are present, at least to some extent. However, there are too many gaps and weaknesses in what is known about this issue to reveal systematic patterns or to support broad generalizations. The need for additional research on this issue is discussed, as are the policy implications of what is already known about equity in the distribution of quality of care

Actuarial science · Business · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law) · Health care · Health equity · Political science · Public economics · Quality (philosophy) · Race (biology) · Sociology · Healthcare Policy and Management · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Primary Care and Health Outcomes