Health Equity

Equity Metrics Should Be An Essential Component Of Hospital Rankings

Abstract: As hospitals and health systems commit to promoting and practicing equity, they must also be judged, through ranking systems, on their success in achieving equity.

Publication: Health Affairs

Date Published: March 19, 2021

Author(s): Katherine R. Peeler, Crandall E. Peeler, Joseph R. Betancourt, Jose F. Figueroa, Thea L. James, Valerie L. Ward and Grace J. Chan

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