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The heart of the matter: the relationship between communities, cardiovascular services, and racial and ethnic gaps in careHolly Mead
George Washington University Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Manag Care Interface 20:22-8. 2007....
Barriers to effective self-management in cardiac patients: the patient's experienceHolly Mead
The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Patient Educ Couns 79:69-76. 2010....
Gender differences in psychosocial issues affecting low-income, underserved patients' ability to manage cardiovascular diseaseHolly Mead
The George Washington University Medical Center, School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy, Center for Health Care Quality, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Womens Health Issues 20:308-15. 2010..This paper examines the psychosocial challenges that interfere with low-income, underserved patients' ability to manage cardiovascular disease (CVD) and seeks to explore the differences in how men and women manifest these issues...
Measuring equity: an index of health care disparitiesBruce Siegel
Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
Qual Manag Health Care 18:84-90. 2009..To create an index that would serve as a simple tool to measure the quality of hospital care by race and ethnicity...
Race/Ethnicity and patient confidence to self-manage cardiovascular diseaseJan Blustein
Department of Health Policy, Wagner Graduate School, New York University, New York, New York, USA
Med Care 46:924-9. 2008..Recent research has shown that several factors, including confidence to self-manage care, are associated with better health behaviors and outcomes among those with chronic disease...
Challenges in language services: identifying and responding to patients' needsMarsha Regenstein
Department of Health Policy, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 11:476-81. 2009..Participants Seventy-one hospitals applied to participate in a national initiative. Applicants were non-federal, acute care hospitals with substantial LEP populations, at least 10,000 discharges, and in-person interpreters...
