| Autor: |
Bradford H. Gray, Mark Schlesinger, Shannon Mitchell Siegfried, Emily Horowitz |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2009 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Vol 46 (2009) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0046-9580 |
| DOI: |
10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.03.322 |
| Popis: |
Differences in the source of care could contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in health status. This study looks at a major metropolitan area and examines racial and ethnic differences in the use of high-volume hospitals for 17 services for which there is a documented positive volume-outcome relationship. Focusing on the hospitalizations of New York City area residents in the periods 1995-1996 and 2001–2002, we found, after controlling for socioeconomic characteristics, insurance coverage, proximity of residence to a high-volume hospital, and paths to hospitalization, that minority patients were significantly less likely than whites to be treated at high-volume hospitals for most volume-sensitive services. The largest disparities were between blacks and whites for cancer surgeries and cardiovascular procedures. |
| Databáze: |
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