Examining sources of post-acute care inequities with layered target matching.
Bijan A NiknamJosé R ZubizarretaPublished in: Health services research (2022)
We found significant Black-White differences in discharge to SNFs, SNF utilization, and readmission rates. Using layered target matching, we found that differences in risk factors and reasons for hospitalization explained most of these differences, while differences in hospitals did not materially impact the differences.