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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Preventive Care Practice Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents.

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Luo, H; Zhang, X; Cook, B; Wu, B; Wilson, MR
Published in: Journal of aging and health
June 2014

To assess racial/ethnic disparities in preventive care practices among U.S. nursing home residents.To implement the Institute of Medicine definition of health care disparity, we used the rank-and-replace adjustment method to assess the disparity in receipt of eight preventive care services among residents and evaluate trends in disparities. The sampling design (stratification and clustering) was accounted for using Stata 11.The 2004 National Nursing Home Surveys data show White residents were more likely to have pain management, scheduled toilet plan/bladder retraining, influenza vaccination, and pneumococcal vaccination than Black residents. White residents were also more likely to have scheduled toilet plan/bladder retraining than residents of Other race/ethnicity. Significant Black-White disparities in receipt of influenza vaccination and pneumococcal vaccination were found. Time trend analysis showed that disparities were neither exacerbated nor reduced.Persistent racial/ethnic disparities in preventive care among nursing home residents exist. We urge the development and implementation of targeted interventions to improve the quality of preventive care in nursing homes.

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Journal of aging and health

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EISSN

1552-6887

ISSN

0898-2643

Publication Date

June 2014

Volume

26

Issue

4

Start / End Page

519 / 539

Related Subject Headings

  • Gerontology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Luo, H., Zhang, X., Cook, B., Wu, B., & Wilson, M. R. (2014). Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Preventive Care Practice Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents. Journal of Aging and Health, 26(4), 519–539. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264314524436
Luo, Huabin, Xinzhi Zhang, Benjamin Cook, Bei Wu, and M Roy Wilson. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Preventive Care Practice Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents.Journal of Aging and Health 26, no. 4 (June 2014): 519–39. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264314524436.
Luo H, Zhang X, Cook B, Wu B, Wilson MR. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Preventive Care Practice Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents. Journal of aging and health. 2014 Jun;26(4):519–39.
Luo, Huabin, et al. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Preventive Care Practice Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents.Journal of Aging and Health, vol. 26, no. 4, June 2014, pp. 519–39. Epmc, doi:10.1177/0898264314524436.
Luo H, Zhang X, Cook B, Wu B, Wilson MR. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Preventive Care Practice Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents. Journal of aging and health. 2014 Jun;26(4):519–539.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of aging and health

DOI

EISSN

1552-6887

ISSN

0898-2643

Publication Date

June 2014

Volume

26

Issue

4

Start / End Page

519 / 539

Related Subject Headings

  • Gerontology
  • 4206 Public health
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services