Does the racial/ethnic composition of medicare advantage plans reflect their areas of operation?

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 526-545

  Weinick, Robin ^a   Haviland, Amelia ^b   Hambarsoomian, Katrin ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare Advantage; public quality reporting; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; RACE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

MEDICARE ADVANTAGE; PUBLIC QUALITY REPORTING; RACE/ETHNICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART C; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897389273     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12100     Document Type: Article

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