Table 3 |
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Summary of interventions, clinical areas, and outcomes of 27 studies aimed at improving quality of health care for racial/ethnic minorities |
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Intervention Type1 |
Clinical Area (references) |
Total # Studies |
Overall Outcome Assessment across Studies |
Rating of Evidence |
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Tracking/Reminders |
General Adult Prevention (9,10) |
10 |
All studies reported favorable outcomes. |
A |
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Cancer Screening (10,15,19,21,25,35) |
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Tobacco Cessation (30) |
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End of Life (31) |
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Multifaceted |
Adult Cancer Screening (28,29) |
9 |
Although almost all studies reported some favorable impact on one or more outcome type, results were inconsistent across studies |
C |
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Cholesterol Reduction(24) |
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Tobacco Cessation (27) |
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Depression (14,34) |
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Alcohol Cessation (20) |
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Asthma (22) |
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Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (33) |
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Bypass MD |
Cancer Screening (12,23) |
2 |
Both studies reported favorable outcomes in the provision of preventive services to patients |
C |
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Provider Education |
Adult General Prevention (17) |
2 |
Both studies reported favorable impact on provider counseling behaviors. |
C |
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Child Injury Prevention (32) |
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Use of STQ2 |
Adolescent Health Risks (16) |
1 |
One study reported favorable impact on provider counseling behavior. |
D |
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Use of RST3 |
Well Baby Care (18) |
1 |
One study reported favorable outcomes on accuracy of translation and provider/patient satisfaction. |
D |
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Use of Specialty Consult |
Chronic Renal Disease (26) |
1 |
One study did not demonstrate improvement. |
D |
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Use of Defibrillators |
Emergency Medicine (13) |
1 |
One study did not demonstrate improvement. |
D |
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1 Note that characterization of interventions for purposes of synthesis reflects a simplification of employed methods. Consult Supplementary Table for details on methods for individual studies [See 1]. 2 STQ = safe times questionnaire 3 RST = remote simultaneous translation |
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Beach et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:104 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-104 |
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