Health Equity

Black Patients are More Likely Than White Patients to be in Hospitals with Worse Patient Safety Conditions

Abstract: An Urban Institute brief shows Black patients experienced significantly worse quality of care relative to White patients in 2017 across the 26 states in this analysis.

Publication: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Date Published: March 29, 2021

Author(s): Gangopadhyaya A

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