Racial Disparities in Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-388

  O'Neil, Sasigant S ^a   Lake, Timothy ^a   Merrill, Angela ^a   Wilson, Ander ^a   Mann, David A ^b   Bartnyska, Linda M ^c  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Maryland Health Care Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949470837     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.12.026     Document Type: Article

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