Comparing Hospital Characteristics Related to Improving Quality and Reducing Health Care Disparities

This summary provides a description of hospital characteristics and activities that are associated with improving quality of care and reducing health care disparities. Hospitals in AF4Q communities are compared with hospitals in the rest of the country on such factors as demographic characteristics; level of community orientation; safety net status; collection of race, ethnicity, and language data; and adoption of electronic health record systems. Download the summary here...