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There Can Be No Quality Without Equity

Feeley D. There can be no quality without equity. Australian Health Review. 2020 Aug 5;44(4):503-503.

Quality improvement tools and methods are well suited to an effort to improve equity in health and care. The missing ingredients over the past decades have been strategic intent and a sharply focused equity lens. The IHI Framework for Improving Health Equity can serve as a foundation for change in health care.

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There Can Be No Quality Without Equity