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Title
Relationship between quality of care and racial disparities in Medicare health plans.
Authors
Trivedi, Amal N; Zaslavsky, Alan M; Schneider, Eric C; Ayanian, John Z
Abstract
Overall quality of care and racial disparities in quality are important and related problems in health care, but their relationship has not been well studied. In the Medicare managed care program, broad improvements in quality have been accompanied by reduced racial gaps in processes of care, but substantial disparities in outcomes have persisted.