Titre :
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Quality of care for women undergoing a hysterectomy : Effects of insurance and race/ethnicity. (2004)
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Auteurs :
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Rosemarie-B HAKIM ;
Mbeth BENEDICT ;
MERRICK (Nancy-J) : USA. Medstat Group. Santa Barbara. CA. ;
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Baltimore. MD. USA
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 94, n° 8, 2004)
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Pagination :
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1399-1405
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Qualité soins
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Qualité
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Soins
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Femme
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Homme
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Race
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Ethnie
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Assurance maladie
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Protection sociale
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Pauvreté
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Hospitalisation
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Complication
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Thérapeutique
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Thérapeutique chirurgicale
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Chirurgie
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Medicaid
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS A7xi5R0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective : We assessed the quality of hospital care for women who underwent a hysterectomy to compare Medicaid-covered women with privately insured women and minority women with White women. Methods : We evaluated medical decisions, inpatient care, quality of inpatient care, and outcomes. Results : Quality of hospital care was equivalent for Medicaid-covered women compared with privately insured women and for non-Hispanic Black women compared with White women. Medicaid-covered women (40%) and Black women (68%) were more likely to have a complication compared with privately insured women and White women, respectively. Conclusions : Increased complications after hysterectomy may result in increased economic burdens to Medicaid. Further studies of the racial/ethnic and sociodemographic issues are needed so that disparities may be adequately addressed.
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