For Selected Services, Blacks And Hispanics More Likely To Receive Low-Value Care Than Whites [Evidence Of Inequities In Health Care]

US minority populations receive fewer effective health services than whites. Using Medicare administrative data for 2006–11, we found no consistent, corresponding protection against the receipt of ineffective health services. Compared with whites, blacks and Hispanics were often more likely to receive the low-value services studied.

Source: Health Affairs - June 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Schpero, W. L., Morden, N. E., Sequist, T. D., Rosenthal, M. B., Gottlieb, D. J., Colla, C. H. Tags: Medicare, Minority Health, Quality Of Care Evidence Of Inequities In Health Care Source Type: research