Do racial disparities exist in access to inpatient stroke rehabilitation in the state of Maryland?

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 814-819

  Gregory, Patricia C ^a   Han, Euna ^b   Morozova, Olga ^c   Kuhlemeier, Keith V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health Care Access; Race; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING HOME; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARYLAND; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749036296     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000237870.07136.24     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Stansbury JT, Jia H, Williams LS: Ethnic disparities in stroke epidemiology, acute care, and postacute outcomes. Stroke 2005;35:374-87
2. CDC: Differences in disability among black and white stroke survivors - United States 2000-2001. MMWR 2005;54:3-6
3. CDC: Disparities in deaths from stroke among persons aged < 75 years - United States 2002. MMWR 2005;54:477-81
4. Williams GR, Jiang JG, Matchar DB, et al: Incidence and occurrence of total, first ever, and recurrent stroke. Stroke 1999;30:2523-8
5. Ayala C, Greenlund KJ, Croft JB, et al: Racial/ethnic disparities in mortality by stroke subtypes in the United States, 1995-1998. Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:1057-63
6. Thompson DW, Furlan AJ: Clinical epidemiology of stroke. Neurol Clin 1996;14:309-15
7. CDC: Age specific excess deaths associated with stroke among racial/ethnic minority populations - United States. 1997. MMWR 2000;49:94-7
8. Kuhlemeier KV, Stiens SA: Racial disparities in severity of cerebrovascular events. Stroke 1994;25:2126-31
9. Mayers-Oakes SA, Hoenig H, Atchison KA, et al: Patient-related predictors of rehabilitation use for community-dwelling older Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc 1992;40:336-42
10. Horner RD, Hoenig H, Sloane R, et al: Racial differences in utilization of inpatient rehabilitation services among elderly stroke patients. Stroke 1997;28:19-25
11. Horner RD, Swanson JW, Bosworth HB, et al: Effects of race and poverty on the process and outcome of inpatient rehabilitation services among stroke patients. Stroke 2003;34:1027-31
12. Kramer AM, Kowalsky JC, Lin M, et al: Outcome and utilization differences for older persons with stroke in HMO and fee for service systems. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000;48:726-34
13. Grimaldi PL: Inpatient rehabilitation facilities are now paid prospective rates. J Health Care Finance 2002;28:32-48
14. Carter GM, Relles DA, Ridgeway GK, et al: Measuring function for Medicare inpatient rehabilitation payment. Health Care Financ Rev 2003;24:25-44
15. Anderson G, Chaulk P, Fowler E: State model: Maryland. A regulatory approach to health system reform. Health Aff 1993;Spring: 40-7
16. Charlson ME, Pompei P, Ales KL, et al: A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation. J Chronic Dis 1987;40:373-83
17. Gaines K: Regional and ethnic differences in stroke in the southeast US population. Ethnic Diseases 1997;7:150-64
18. Yang D, Howard G, Coffey CS, et al: The confounding of race and geography: How much of the excess stroke mortality among African Americans is explained by geography? Neuroepidemiology 2004;23:188-22
19. Lackland DT, Egan BM, Jones PJ: Impact of nativity and race on "stroke belt" mortality. Hypertension 1999;34:57-62
20. LaVeist TA: Racial segregation and longevity among African Americans: an individual-level analysis. Health Serv Res 2003;38:1719-33