RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Health Care Reform and Equity: Promise, Pitfalls, and Prescriptions
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 78
OP 84
DO 10.1370/afm.1213
VO 9
IS 1
A1 Kevin Fiscella
YR 2011
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/9/1/78.abstract
AB The United States has made little progress during the past decade in addressing health care disparities. Recent health care reforms offer an historic opportunity to create a more equitable health care system. Key elements of health care reform relevant to promoting equity include access, support for primary care, enhanced health information technology, new payment models, a national quality strategy informed by research, and federal requirements for health care disparity monitoring. With effective implementation, improved alignment of resources with patient needs, and most importantly, revitalization of primary care, these reforms could measurably improve equity.