Datawatch: For selected services, blacks and hispanics more likely to receive low-value care than whites

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1065-1069

  Schpero, William L ^a   Morden, Nancy E ^b   Sequist, Thomas D ^c   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^d   Gottlieb, Daniel J ^b   Colla, Carrie H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; MEDICARE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; MALE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020305605     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1416     Document Type: Article

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