Open AccessEvidence of Racial and Geographic Disparities in the Use of Medicare Observation Stays and Subsequent Patient Outcomes Relative to Short-Stay Hospitalizations
Author(s) -
Brad Wright,
Xuan Zhang,
Momotazur Rahman,
Mahshid Abir,
Padmaja Ayyagari,
Keith E. Kocher
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health equity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.826
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2473-1242
DOI - 10.1089/heq.2017.0055
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , demography , health equity , matching (statistics) , emergency medicine , public health , sociology , nursing , pathology
To examine racial and geographic disparities in the use of-and outcomes associated with-Medicare observation stays versus short-stay hospitalizations.
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