Preventable hospitalization and Medicaid managed care: Does race matter?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-115

  Basu, Jayasree ^a   Friedman, Bernard ^b   Burstin, Helen ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b AHRQ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Managed care; Medicaid; Preventable hospitalization; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33644770203     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0018     Document Type: Article

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