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Session: Medical Care Poster Session: Ethnic & Racial Disparities, Health Economics, Health Services Research
4181.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 2:30 PM-3:30 PM
Poster
Medical Care Poster Session: Ethnic & Racial Disparities, Health Economics, Health Services Research
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Katherine Virgo, PhD, MBA
Board 1Racial/ethnic disparities in medical and oral health, access to care, and use of services in US children
Glenn Flores, MD, Sandra C. Tomany-Korman, Emmanuel Ngui, DrPH, MSc
Board 2Whites' demands for care as an explanation for racial inequality in treatment
Jennifer Malat, PhD, Diana Burgess, PhD, Michelle Van Ryn, PhD, Greta Friedemann-Sanchez, PhD, Rose Clark-Hitt, MBA
Board 3Disparities in the Quality of Hospital Care: Does Where You Go Matter?
Darrell Gaskin, PhD, Christine Spencer, ScD, Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD
Board 4Hypertension in six Chicago communities: Local survey data offers opportunity for improved health
Ami Shah, MPH, Steven Whitman, PhD, Jocelyn Hirschman, MPH, Teena Francois, MPH
Board 5Racism, racialism, resentment and social Darwinism: Towards a better understanding of unequal medical care
Dhananjaya Arekere, PhD, Craig H. Blakely, PhD, Lee Green, PhD, Brian Rivers, PhD, Desiree Rivers, MPH, Kyrel Rowell, MS
Board 6Scale Effects in Family Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
A. James Lee, PhD, Matthew R. Cornish, MA, LADC I
Board 7Effect of financial incentives on the volume of diagnostic imaging ordered by physicians
Mythreyi Bhargavan, PhD, Jonathan Sunshine, PhD, Cristian Meghea, PhD
Board 8Differences in insurers' costs by stage at diagnosis of colon cancer
Linda G. Alley, PhD, Kari Jones, PhD, Ramal Moonesinghe, PhD, Frances A. Michaud, MT, CTR, Jennifer A. Ludovic, MPH, Marc Gottlieb, Jeff Etchason, MD
Board 9Risk Factors for Hospital Readmission among Intensive Care Unit Survivors
Lawrence M. Simon, MD, Mary E. Rimsza, MD
Board 10Utilization of APACHE III to Determine Appropriate Selection of Patients for Palliative Care Services
Yosef Dlugacz, PhD, Lori Stier, EdD, Susan Delosh, RN, Roshan Hussain, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Medical Care
Endorsed by:Vietnam Caucus

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