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Medicare and Medicaid

Research from University of California in the area of medicare and medicaid published

Published in Nursing Home and Elder Business Week, December 21st, 2008

A new study, 'Reports and ratings of care: black and white Medicare enrollees,' is now available. According to recent research from the United States, "This study compared African American/Black and White Medicare enrollees' perceptions of care. Analyses of the 2002 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) 3.0 survey of 101,189 (White) and 8,791 (Black) Medicare enrollees (82% response rate) randomly sampled from 321 health plans, with data collected via mail (84%) and telephone (16%)."

"Multivariate linear regression models were conducted with the CAHPS composites and global ratings as dependent variables, controlling for case-mix variables....

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