Analysis of quality of care for patients who are Black or poor in rural and urban settings / Katherine L. Kahn [et al.].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Health Care Financing Administration.

Rand/UCLA/Harvard Center for Health Care Financing Policy Research.

Rand Corporation.

Kahn, Katherine L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Medical care--United States--Evaluation.

Poor.

African Americans--Medical care--Evaluation.

African Americans.

Rural hospitals--United States--Evaluation.

Rural hospitals.

Poor--Hospital care--United States--Evaluation.

African Americans--Hospital care--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

xviii, 139 pages

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1993.

Summary:

This study finds racial and financial characteristics influence the quality of care received by acutely ill, insured patients after hospital admission. The study uses a clinically detailed data set to examine a comprehensive range of services provided to patients with one of five serious, common diseases in different types of hospitals. The report examines quality of care provided to patients who are black, make use of Medicaid insurance in addition to Medicare, and live in poor neighborhoods, as compared with subsets of patients who are not black, do not have Medicaid insurance, and do not live in poor neighborhoods. It also compares quality of care for inner-city patients and rural patients with that for urban patients who are not poor.

Notes:

"Supported by the Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."

"Supported by the Health Care Financing Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.""RAND/UCLA/Harvard Center for Health Care Financing Policy Research."