ArticleAmerican journal of public health2004
Changes in racial differences in use of medical procedures and diagnostic tests among elderly persons: 1986-1997.
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- Comparing the use of diagnostic imaging and receipt of carotid endarterectomy in elderly black and white stroke patients.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2012Article
- Nonoperative care for hip fracture in the elderly: the influence of race, income, and comorbidities.Medical care · 2010Article
- Measuring racial/ethnic disparities across the distribution of health care expenditures.Health services research · 2009Article
- Increased racial differences on breast cancer care and survival in America: historical evidence consistent with a health insurance hypothesis, 1975-2001.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2009Article
- Measuring trends in racial/ ethnic health care disparities.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2009Article
- Disparities in the provision of medical care: an outcome in search of an explanation.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2009Review
- Exploring the determinants of racial and ethnic disparities in total knee arthroplasty: health insurance, income, and assets.Medical care · 2008Article
- Sex and racial differences in the management of acute myocardial infarction, 1994 through 2002.The New England journal of medicine · 2005Article
- Racial disparities in the content of primary care office visits.Journal of general internal medicine · 2005Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe used 1997 Medicare data to replicate an earlier study that used data from 1986 to examine racial differences in usage of specific medical procedures or tests among elderly persons.
methodsWe used 1997 physician claims data to obtain a random sample of 5% of Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years and older. We used this sample to study 30 procedures and tests that were analyzed in the 1986 study, as well as several new procedures that became more widely used in the early 1990s.
resultsRacial differences remain in the rates of use of these procedures; in general, Blacks have lower rates of use than do Whites. Between 1986 and 1997, the ratio of White to Black use moved in favor of Blacks for all but 4 of the established procedures studied.
conclusionsThe White-Black gap in health care use under Medicare is narrowing.
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