A re-examination of distance as a proxy for severity of illness and the implications for differences in utilization by race/ethnicity

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 687-701

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

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

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance; Elderly; Hospital choice; Racial ethnic dispaity; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGIONALIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NEW YORK; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447620675     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1192     Document Type: Article

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