Ethnic differences in potentially preventable hospitalizations among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Other Pacific Islanders: Implications for reducing health care disparities

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-11

  Moy, Ernest ^a   Mau, Marjorie K ^b   Raetzman, Susan ^c   Barrett, Marguerite ^e   Miyamura, Jill B ^d   Chaves, Karen H ^a   Andrews, Roxanne ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^d ML Barrett Inc   (United States)

^e Hawaii Health Information Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care disparities; Minority health; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; UNITED STATES;

ASIAN AMERICANS; HAWAII; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873342634     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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