The racial segregation of hospital care revisited
Medicare discharge patterns and their implications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11021995 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D B Smith, Daisy Smith (0000-0001-5829-9090, Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 461-463 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.88.3.461 |
| PMID | 9518984 |
| OpenAlex | W2024969969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 7 |
OBJECTIVES: This paper measures current patterns of hospital segregation among Medicare beneficiaries. METHODS: Data from the fiscal year 1993 Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) file, the index of dissimilarity, and a linear regression model are used to test the effects of standard metropolitan area characteristics on hospital segregation. RESULTS: The overall hospital segregation index was 0.529, ranging by state from 0.154 to 0.746. Hospital segregation in 126 standard metropolitan areas was positively related to population size, hospital density, and residential segregation and negatively related to income inequities and location in the South. CONCLUSIONS: Racial segregation remains high and may produce both reporting biases and unequal effects of public policy
Current Population Survey · Demographic economics · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Hospital discharge · Index (typography) · Metropolitan area · Population · Sociology · Test (biology) · Demography · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |