Association of Race and Ethnicity and Medicare Program Type With Ambulatory Care Access and Quality Measures.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There are racial inequities in health care access and quality in the United States. It is unknown whether such differences for racial and ethnic minority beneficiaries differ between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare or whether access and quality are better for minority beneficiaries in 1 of the 2 programs.

Objective

To compare differences in rates of enrollment, ambulatory care access, and ambulatory care quality by race and ethnicity in Medicare Advantage vs traditional Medicare.

Design, setting, and participants

Exploratory observational cohort study of a nationally representative sample of 45 833 person-years (26 887 persons) in the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey from 2015 to 2018, comparing differences in program enrollment and measures

SUBMITTER: Johnston KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8371568 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature