ArticleAmerican journal of public health1985
Does race affect hospital use?
Article in American journal of public health, 1985. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- The demand for healthcare among racial/ethnic subpopulations.Health services research · 1998Article
- The distance to community medical care and the likelihood of hospitalization: is closer always better?American journal of public health · 1997Article
- Evaluation of quality of life for diverse patient populations.Breast cancer research and treatment · 1996Review
- The roles of race and socioeconomic factors in health services research.Health services research · 1995Review
- Geographic variation in rates of selected surgical procedures within Los Angeles County.Health services research · 1995Article
- Micro-area variation in hospital use.Health services research · 1990Article
- The extremal quotient in small-area variation analysis.Health services research · 1989Article
- Patterns of surgical and nonsurgical hospital use in Michigan communities from 1980 through 1984.Health services research · 1989Article
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Abstract
Based on 1980 hospital discharges in areas in the State of Michigan, with substantial Black populations, Blacks use approximately 50 per cent more hospital care than Whites, but about half this difference is associated with use in specific communities which affects both White and Black use. Black use is not associated with community size, per cent of Blacks, or available beds and doctors. After controlling for mortality and socioeconomic status, a small statistically non-significant difference in race-specific use remains for 23 Michigan communities. The elimination of race as an explainer of hospital use suggests progress in assuring equal access to hospitals, but differences in poverty, mortality, and some specifics of use remain.
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