Effect of Massachusetts healthcare reform on racial and ethnic disparities in admissions to hospital for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: Retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  McCormick, Danny ^a   Hanchate, Amresh D ^b,c   Lasser, Karen E ^c   Manze, Meredith G ^c   Lin, Mengyun ^c   Chu, Chieh ^c   Kressin, Nancy R ^b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926429434     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1480     Document Type: Article

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