Racial Disparities in Poverty Account for Mortality Differences in US Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT: Higher mortality in Blacks than Whites has been consistently reported in the US, but previous investigations have not accounted for poverty at the individual level. The health of its population is an important part of the capital of a nation. We examined the association between individual level poverty and disability and racial mortality differences in a 5% Medicare beneficiary random sample from 2004 to 2010. Cox regression models examined associations of race with all-cause mortality, adjusted for demographics, comorbidities, disability, neighborhood income, and Medicare "Buy-in" status (a proxy for individual level poverty) in 1,190,510 Black and White beneficiaries between 65 and 99 years old as of January 1, 2014, who had full and primary Medicare Part A and B coverage in 2004, and li

SUBMITTER: Kimmel PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4852486 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature