1. Measuring healthcare disparities and racial segregation in Missouri nursing homes.
- Author
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Chang YJ, Siegel B, and Wilkerson G
- Subjects
- Black or African American statistics & numerical data, Aged, Healthcare Disparities statistics & numerical data, Humans, Long-Term Care statistics & numerical data, Medicaid statistics & numerical data, Missouri, Nursing Homes statistics & numerical data, Quality Indicators, Health Care statistics & numerical data, Regression Analysis, United States, White People statistics & numerical data, Healthcare Disparities ethnology, Long-Term Care standards, Nursing Homes standards, Quality Indicators, Health Care standards, Racism
- Abstract
Measuring and, ultimately, addressing disparities in long-term care quality continue to be a challenge. Although literature suggests that disparities in healthcare quality exist and nursing homes remain relatively segregated, healthcare professionals and policymakers stand to benefit from improvements in measuring both racial segregation and healthcare disparities. This paper quantifies the relationships between healthcare disparities and racial segregation using the disparities quality index and dissimilarity index. Results suggested that the more segregated the nursing homes, the greater the observed disparities. Multivariate regression analysis indicated that the proportion of Black residents in nursing homes is the variable that best predicts disparities., (© 2011 National Association for Healthcare Quality.)
- Published
- 2012
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