Efforts to reduce racial disparities in Medicare managed care must consider the disproportionate effects of geography

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-56

  Virnig, Beth A ^a   Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^b   Chou, Ann F ^c   Shih, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PLAN EMPLOYER DATA AND INFORMATION SET; HEART DISEASE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE PART C; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846596762     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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