Massachusetts reform and disparities in inpatient care utilization

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 569-577

  Hanchate, Amresh D ^a   Lasser, Karen E ^a,b   Kapoor, Alok ^a   Rosen, Jennifer ^a   McCormick, Danny ^c   D'Amore, Meredith M ^a   Kressin, Nancy R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Disparities; Ethnicity; Health reform; Inpatient care; Race; Socioeconomic status; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862289240     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31824e319f     Document Type: Article

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