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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedMukamel DB, Ladd H, Li Y
AHRQ Author: Ngo-Metzger Q
Have racial disparities in ambulatory care sensitive admissions abated over time?
The researchers evaluated whether disparities in quality of ambulatory care have abated during the decade of 2000 by asking whether there were there differences in ambulatory care sensitive hospital admissions rates by race? In 2003 the overall Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI) admission rates were higher for African Americans (around 16.5/1000) than for whites (around 15/1000). By 2009, the overall and the chronic PQI admission rates declined significantly for whites but not for African Americans.
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Citation: Mukamel DB, Ladd H, Li Y .
Have racial disparities in ambulatory care sensitive admissions abated over time?
Med Care 2015 Nov;53(11):931-9. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000426..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Disparities, Quality Indicators (QIs), Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Quality of Care
Moy E, Mau MK, Raetzman S
AHRQ Author: Moy E, Andrews R
Ethnic differences in potentially preventable hospitalizations among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders: implications for reducing health care disparities.
This study aimed to produce reliable estimates of health care quality among Native Hawaiian (NH), Other Pacific Islander (PI), and Asian American (AA) small population subgroups. Results showed that, despite efforts to reduce racial/ethnic health care disparities, significant gaps remain in potentially preventable hospitalization rates.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Moy E, Mau MK, Raetzman S .
Ethnic differences in potentially preventable hospitalizations among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders: implications for reducing health care disparities.
Ethn Dis 2013 Winter;23(1):6-11.
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Keywords: Disparities, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Hospitalization, Quality Indicators (QIs), Racial and Ethnic Minorities