Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 41-43 , March 2006

Catalyzing quality of care improvements for women

  • Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD, Director, Women’s Health and Gender-Based Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850; Phone: 301-427-1550; Fax 301-427-1562
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  • Carolyn M. Clancy, MD

Received 26 December 2006 ,Accepted 30 January 2006.

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  18. Zambrana, R., Schwartz, H., Zodet, M., Siegel, S., Kosiak, B., Hughes, R., & Correa-de-Araujo, R. (Forthcoming) The domains of patient centeredness by race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and gender.

 The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the Federal government.

PII: S1049-3867(06)00017-X

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.02.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 41-43 , March 2006

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