Racial disparities in Medicaid home and community-based service utilization and expenditures among persons with multiple sclerosis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Fabius, Chanee D ^a,b   Thomas, Kali S ^a,c   Zhang, Tingting ^a   Ogarek, Jessica ^a   Shireman, Theresa I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Home and community based services; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85054814801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3584-x     Document Type: Article

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