Measuring equity of care in hospital settings

CRICH is affiliated with the university of Toronto and is part of the keenan Research Centre in the li ka Shing knowledge Institute of St. [...] This project was funded in part by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and was conducted as part of the CIHR Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research, “Transdisciplinary approaches to the Health of Marginalized populations”. [...] Michael’s Hospital partnered with the Hospital Collaborative on Marginalized populations in the TC-lHIn to complete a review of scholarly and grey literature concerning existing approaches for measuring equity of care in the hospital setting. [...] The report recommends the following ten indicators to measure and monitor equity in hospitals: Cultural concordance between patients and staff CuLTuRAL COMpETENCy This indicator examines cultural competency from a comprehensive perspective, including the structure and delivery of health care in hospitals. [...] In ontario, the Ministry of Health and long-Term Care has identified the need to address inequities in health care (Rachlis, 2007), and in 2009, the Toronto Central local Health Integration network (TC-lHIn) required hospitals for the first time to report on equity initiatives.