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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)

Disparities in Receipt of Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-Infected Adults (2002-2008). J. Fleishman, B. Behai, R. Moore, Medical Care, May 2012; 50(5):419-27. Examines the extent to which sociodemographic differences in prescribed antiretroviral therapy changed between 2002 and 2008. (AHRQ 12-R06)

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)

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