Methods for Measuring Racial Differences in Hospitals Outcomes Attributable to Disparities in Use of High-Quality Hospital Care

Health Services Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 826-848

  Hebert, Paul L ^a   Howell, Elizabeth A ^b   Wong, Edwin S ^a   Hernandez, Susan E ^a   Rinne, Seppo T ^c   Sulc, Christine A ^a   Neely, Emily L ^a   Liu, Chuan Fen ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; hospital readmissions; Race

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCIENTIST; STUDY DESIGN; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84973327616     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12514     Document Type: Article

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