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Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-316

Medicare readmissions policies and racial and ethnic health disparities: A cautionary tale

Author keywords

disparities; health policy; Hospital Compare; Medicare; nursing; readmissions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICARE; MINORITY HEALTH; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955587678     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154411398490     Document Type: Article
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