Quality of Care for Women Undergoing a Hysterectomy: Effects of Insurance and Race/Ethnicity
Year: 2004
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 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.
Institution: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2169736302