Racial/Ethnic differences in medicare experiences and immunization: The role of disease burden

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 823-831

  Orr, Nate ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Burkhart, Q ^a   Haviland, Amelia ^a   Weinick, Robin M ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Disease burden; Health disparities; Medicare; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEGRO; NEOPLASM; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA VACCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883215050     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31829c8d77     Document Type: Article

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