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Subtitle: Empirical Analyses of Disparities in Health Care Access and Quality
Contributors: Salomon, Joshua A.; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Zaslavsky, Alan M.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: The existence of unfair differences or disparities in access to and quality of health care is well known. However, the nature of disparities at different stages of the health seeking pathway and interventions to reduce them are less clear. Applying the tools of statistics and quasi experimental design-- interrupted time series, propensity score matching, hierarchical models--we can analyze how care is accessed in low, middle and high income countries and assess for disparities. The results are sometimes surprising and underscore the need to generate context specific evidence to ensure targeting of programs.
Notes: Keywords: Access to health, Disparities, Education, Gender, Mandate health insurance.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012