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Accelerating Population Health Improvement

Delgado P, Binzer K, Shah A, Ekberg J, Arrieta J, Allwood D. Accelerating population health improvement. BMJ. 2021;373:n966. doi:10.1136/bmj.n966.

Improvement methods, including shared tools and language, traditionally used in health care are agnostic in nature and can also be used in sectors such as education, local government, law enforcement, and others to improve social determinants of health. This article describes how applying such methods to population health improvement efforts could help close equity gaps.

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