Challenges and successes in reducing health disparities
Subtitle: workshop summary
By: Jennifer A. Cohen, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Contributors: Cohen, Jennifer A., 1964-; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Health Disparities.; National Academies Press (U.S.)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780309116909
Subjects: Health services accessibility -- United States -- Congresses; Health care reform -- United States -- Congresses; Medical policy -- United States -- Congresses; Minorities -- Medical care -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The impact of geography on health disparities in the United States : different perspectives; title: Clinical and community-development approaches to reducing disparities; title: Successful clinical and community-development strategies; title: Health disparities in a business environment; title: Moving forward; title: Agenda of the public meeting held by the roundtable on health disparities; title: Workshop presenters' biosketches and participant list; title: Eight Americas : investigating mortality disparities across races, counties, and race-counties in the United States; title: Community approaches to addressing health disparities.