Johns Hopkins: Majority of Acute Care Hospitals Do Not Admit Representative Proportion of Black Medicare Patients in Their Local Market
April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024
BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 24 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release:
A study analyzing a large sample of Medicare admissions at nearly 2,000 acute care hospitals nationwide during 2019 found that most hospitals--nearly four out of five--admitted a significantly different proportion of Black fee-for-service Medicare patients age 65 and older compared to the proportion of the same group of patients admitted to any ho . . .
A study analyzing a large sample of Medicare admissions at nearly 2,000 acute care hospitals nationwide during 2019 found that most hospitals--nearly four out of five--admitted a significantly different proportion of Black fee-for-service Medicare patients age 65 and older compared to the proportion of the same group of patients admitted to any ho . . .