Trends in Health Disparities of Rural Latinos Pre- and Post-Accountable Care Organization Implementation

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Compares diabetes-related hospitalizations among older rural Latino Rural Health Clinic (RHC) patients to those of their White counterparts between 2008 and 2015. Explores whether RHC participation in an Accountable Care Organization reduced diabetes-related hospitalization rates for Latino patients. Presents findings from an analysis of data on 2,683 RHCs nationwide from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and a subset of 516 RHCs in California, Florida, and Texas.

Judith Ortiz, Boondaniwon D. Phrathep, Richard Hofler, Chad W. Thomas

Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 39, 173–187

03/2022

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Accountable Care Organizations · Diabetes · Health disparities · Healthcare quality · Hispanic or Latino · Rural Health Clinics · Statistics and data