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Equity Of Care Analysis At Chi Health Hospitals And Clinics In The Omaha Metro Area., Lindsey Cork Aug 2018

Equity Of Care Analysis At Chi Health Hospitals And Clinics In The Omaha Metro Area., Lindsey Cork

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The goal of the project is to identify if health disparities exist between patient groups based on race, ethnicity, language, payer type, and location of residence who received healthcare services from CHI Health system in the Omaha Metro area during January 2017 – March 2018. The health outcomes of interest are HPV vaccination rates, diabetes control rates, breast cancer screening rates, colorectal cancer screening rates, and 30-day hospital readmissions. Patient data from six Omaha area clinics and five hospitals was analyze in this study.

Among the six CHI Health clinics in this study, Lakeside had the highest rates of A1c …