Explaining ethnic disparities in patient safety: a qualitative analysis.

Jeanine Suurmond; Ellen Uiters; Martine de Bruijne; Karien Stronks; Marie-Louise Essink-Bot

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Explaining ethnic disparities in patient safety: a qualitative analysis.

March 3, 2010

Suurmond J, Uiters E, de Bruijne M, et al. Am J Public Health. 2010;100 Suppl 1:S113-7.

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This study interviewed providers about patient safety events involving immigrant patients to identify key patterns for future research around disparities. The patterns discovered included inappropriate responses to objective characteristics of immigrant patients, misunderstandings around illness perceptions and expectations, and inappropriate care because of stereotypes.

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