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For Selected Services, Blacks And Hispanics More Likely To Receive Low-Value Care Than Whites
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Family MedicineHealth Care DisparityHealth DisparitiesSocial Determinants Of HealthRacial DisparitiesSelected ServicesRaceIneffective Health ServicesGroup DisparitiesHealth InequalityAfrican American StudiesHealth InequityPublic HealthRacismHealth Services ResearchVulnerable Patient PopulationRacial EquityHealth PolicyHealth InsuranceHealth EquityNational Health InsuranceLow-value Care ThanUs Minority PopulationsMedicare Administrative DataMedicineHealth Disparity
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.
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