Racial segregation and quality of care disparity in US nursing homes

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-16

  Rahman, Momotazur ^a   Foster, Andrew D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D12; Distance; H51; I11; Instrumental variable; J15; Nursing home sorting; Quality of care; Race; Segregation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RACE; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; RACISM; SIMULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; MALE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912014340     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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