Racial disparities in rehospitalization among medicare patients in skilled nursing facilities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 875-882

  Li, Yue ^a,b,c   Glance, Laurent G ^d   Yin, Jun ^b   Mukamel, Dana B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; NURSING HOME; RACE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954576342     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300055     Document Type: Article

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