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Racial Differences In Hospital Readmission And Reimbursement Rates For Patients With Congestive Heart Failure, Catherine Talongwa
Racial Differences In Hospital Readmission And Reimbursement Rates For Patients With Congestive Heart Failure, Catherine Talongwa
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is associated with a significant economic burden that includes frequent emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences, if any, between hospital readmission rates and insurance reimbursement rates for non-Hispanic Black and White CHF patients in California. The theoretical framework was Bandura's social cognitive theory. Secondary data for this quantitative study were obtained from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development and State Inpatient Databases from Healthcare Cost and Utilization for calendar year 2014-2016. A t-test and Levene's test for equality of variance were conducted on a …
Health Disparity In Preventive Care Among Nigerian Immigrants In The United States, Loveday E. Nwobilor
Health Disparity In Preventive Care Among Nigerian Immigrants In The United States, Loveday E. Nwobilor
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The roles of immigration status in preventive health care services among Nigerian immigrants in the United States were investigated in this quantitative, cross-sectional survey study. About 260,724 Nigerian immigrants reside in the Unites States, but many do not complete lifesaving preventive health services such as immunization and screening, a major factor contributing to the rise in the cost of healthcare resultant from their use of emergency room services. This study investigated the extent to which immigration status independently explains the relationship between health disparities and risks in non-completion of preventive health care among Nigerian immigrants in the United States by …