Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Interhospital Transfer for Conditions With a Mortality Benefit to Transfer Among Patients With Medicare.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Interhospital transfer (IHT) of patients is a common occurrence in modern health care. Racial/ethnic disparities are prevalent throughout US health care, but their presence in IHT is not well characterized.

Objective

To determine if there are racial/ethnic disparities in IHT for medical diagnoses for which IHT is associated with a mortality benefit.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional analysis used 2013 data from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services 100% Master Beneficiary Summary and Inpatient Claims merged with 2013 American Hospital Association data. Individuals with Medicare aged 65 years or older continuously enrolled in Medicare Part A and B with an inpatient hospitalization claim in 2013 for primary diagnosis of acute myocar

SUBMITTER: Shannon EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7998076 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature