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U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Race and ethnicity a factor in diabetics' risk for complications

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, September 25th, 2005

Hospital readmissions for diabetes-related complications vary according to both race and insurance coverage, according to H. Joanna Jiang, PhD, and colleagues from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

An analysis of nonmaternal adult diabetics with Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance showed Hispanics with all types of insurance and blacks who were Medicare beneficiaries had higher readmission rates than whites. The analysis focused on adults who were readmitted to hospitals in five states after being initially hospitalized for diabetes-related complications.

Within each insurance payer, Hispanics from low-income communities had...

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