Racial Disparities in Avoidable Hospitalizations in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Compared with traditional Medicare (TM), Medicare Advantage (MA) has the potential to reduce racial disparities in hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC). As racial disparities may be partly attributable to unequal treatment based on where people live, this suggests the need of examining geographic variations in racial disparities.

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine differences in ACSC hospitalizations between White and Black beneficiaries in TM and MA and examine geographic variations in racial differences in ACSC hospitalizations in TM and MA.

Methods

We analyzed the 2015-2016 Medicare Provider Analysis and Review files. We used propensity score matching to account for differences in characteristics between TM and MA

SUBMITTER: Park S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8519483 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature