PMID- 18490268
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081118
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1077-5587 (Print)
IS  - 1077-5587 (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 5
DP  - 2008 Oct
TI  - The effects of race and insurance on potentially avoidable hospitalizations in 
      Tennessee.
PG  - 596-616
LID - 10.1177/1077558708318283 [doi]
AB  - This study examined effects of race and insurance on the risk of potentially 
      avoidable hospitalizations (PAHs) in Tennessee. Applying the current Agency for 
      Healthcare Research and Quality definitions for ambulatory-care-sensitive 
      conditions to inpatient discharge data, the study found hospitalized Black 
      patients more likely than their White counterparts to have experienced a PAH for 
      chronic conditions. In contrast, Black inpatients' risk was lower than that of 
      White inpatients for acute conditions after controlling for covariates. The 
      results also showed the strong influence of insurance coverage. Finally, an 
      analysis of racial differences in the relative risks for PAHs using data grouped 
      by insurance status showed that hospitalized Blacks within each subset had a 
      greater risk of having a PAH than hospitalized Whites, although the risk varied 
      with insurance type. The variations of PAH risks across racial and insurance 
      categories, together with the extra risks associated with chronic conditions, 
      deserve greater examination.
FAU - Chang, Cyril F
AU  - Chang CF
AD  - The University of Memphis, USA.
FAU - Mirvis, David M
AU  - Mirvis DM
FAU - Waters, Teresa M
AU  - Waters TM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20080515
PL  - United States
TA  - Med Care Res Rev
JT  - Medical care research and review : MCRR
JID - 9506850
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Ambulatory Care
MH  - Hospitalization/*trends
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Insurance Coverage
MH  - *Insurance, Health
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Racial Groups
MH  - Tennessee
EDAT- 2008/05/21 09:00
MHDA- 2008/11/19 09:00
CRDT- 2008/05/21 09:00
PHST- 2008/05/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/11/19 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/05/21 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 1077558708318283 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/1077558708318283 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Care Res Rev. 2008 Oct;65(5):596-616. doi: 10.1177/1077558708318283. Epub 
      2008 May 15.