Health equity: The missing data elements in healthcare outbreak response

Caroline A Schrodt^#^{1

2}, Ayana M Hart^#^{1

3}, Renee M Calanan^{2

4}, Anita W McLees¹, Joseph F Perz¹, Kiran M Perkins^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Commissioned Corps, US Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland.
³ Chenega Enterprise, Systems and Solutions, Anchorage, Alaska.
⁴ Office of the Director, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

^# Contributed equally.

Caroline A Schrodt et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 May.

. 2023 May;44(5):849-850.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.49. Epub 2023 Apr 27.

Caroline A Schrodt^#^{1

2}, Ayana M Hart^#^{1

3}, Renee M Calanan^{2

4}, Anita W McLees¹, Joseph F Perz¹, Kiran M Perkins^{1

2}

¹ Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Commissioned Corps, US Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland.
³ Chenega Enterprise, Systems and Solutions, Anchorage, Alaska.
⁴ Office of the Director, Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest. All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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