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

Mary C Beach1,2,3,4*, Tiffany L Gary1,5, Eboni G Price2, Karen Robinson5, Aysegul Gozu2, Ana Palacio2, Carole Smarth6, Mollie Jenckes2, Carolyn Feuerstein2, Eric B Bass2,3,5, Neil R Powe1,2,3,5,6 and Lisa A Cooper1,2,3,5

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1 Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

2 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

3 Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

4 Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

5 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

6 Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Johns Hopkins University, USA

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BMC Public Health 2006, 6:104 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-104

Published: 24 April 2006

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Selected characteristics of the 27 studies aimed at improving healthcare quality for racial/ethnic minorities

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Results of 27 studies aimed at improving the quality of healthcare for racial/ethnic minorities

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