Minority Health

Acute Care Utilization and Rehospitalizations for Sickle Cell Disease. D. Brousseau, P. Owens, A. Mosso, et al., Journal of the American Medical Association, April 2010; 303(13):1288-1294. Provides benchmark data for rates of acute care utilization and rehospitalizations for patients with sickle cell disease in eight geographically dispersed States. (AHRQ 10-R060)

Disparities in Infectious Disease Hospitalizations for American Indian/Alaska Native People. R. Holman, A. Folkema, R. Singleton, et al., Public Health Reports, July/August 2011; 126(4):508-521. Describes disparities in infectious disease hospitalizations for American Indian/Alaska Native people during 2004-2006. (AHRQ 11-R073)

Examining Latino Differences in Mental Healthcare Use: The Roles of Acculturation and Attitudes Towards Healthcare. T. Berdahl, R. Stone, Community Mental Health Journal August 2009; 45:393-403. Analyzes data from a nationally representative sample of Mexicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and non-Latino whites to assess the relative contribution of acculturation and attitudes toward health care to use of mental health services. (AHRQ 10-R006)

Immigrants and the Use of Preventive Care in the United States. Y. Pylypchuk, J. Hudson, Health Economics, July 2009; 18(7):783-806. Compares immigrants' use of preventive care with that of native born Americans, accounting for insurance, lack of insurance, length of time in the United States, and language spoken. (AHRQ 09-R025)

Impact of Patient Race on Patient Experiences of Access and Communication in HIV Care. P. Korthuis, S. Saha, J. Fleishman, et al., Journal of General Internal Medicine December 2008; 23(12):2046-2052. Discusses patient-centered care and examines the associations between race and HIV-infected patients' experiences of access and communication, two dimensions of patient-centered care. (AHRQ 09R032)

Measuring Trends in Racial/Ethnic Health Care Disparities. B. Lê Cook, T. McGuire, S. Zuvekas, Medical Care Research and Review February 2009; 66(1):23-48. Uses data from the 1996-2005 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to compare trends in disparities and assess the influence of changes in socioeconomic status among racial/ethnic minorities on disparity trends. (AHRQ 09-R019)

Medicare Managed Care and Primary Care Quality: Examining Racial/Ethnic Effects Across States. J. Basu, Health Care Management Science, March 2012; 15(1):15-28. Assesses the role of Medicare Advantage plans in providing quality primary care in comparison to fee-for-service Medicare in three States across three racial/ethnic groups. (AHRQ 12-R014)

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus-Associated Hospitalizations Among the American Indian and Alaska Native Population. K. Byrd, R. Holman, M. Bruce, et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases October 2009; 49(7):1009-1015. Describes hospitalizations related to methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections among the 1.6 million American Indians/Alaska Natives who receive care each year at Indian Health Service health care facilities nationwide. (AHRQ 10-R016)

Not About Us Without Us. C. Casale, C. Clancy, Academic Medicine, October 2009; 84(10):1333-1335. Commentary discusses the use of community-based participatory research to develop an evidence base for addressing disparities. (AHRQ 10-R022)

Racial/Ethnic and Gender Differences in Individual Workplace Injury Risk Trajectories: 1988-1998. T. Berdahl, American Journal of Public Health 98(12):December 2008, 2258-2263. Examines workplace injury risk over time (1988-1998) and across racial/ethnic and gender groups to observe patterns of change and to improve understanding of how occupational characteristics and job mobility influence such changes. (AHRQ 09-R020)

Self-Rated Mental Health and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Service Use. S. Zuvekas, J. Fleishman, Medical Care 46(9):September 2008, 915-923. Uses Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data to examine why minorities seek mental health services less frequently than whites. (AHRQ 09-R007)

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