Differences in hospitalizations, emergency room admissions, and outpatient visits among Mexican-American Medicare beneficiaries.
Brian DownerSoham Al SnihLin-Na ChouYong-Fang KuoKyriakos S MarkidesKenneth J OttenbacherPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2019)
We observed high healthcare utilization among Mexican-American Medicare beneficiaries. Forty percent of all hospitalizations were for circulatory and respiratory conditions with hospitalizations for heart failure and pneumonia being the most common. Older age, gender, education, language, and mortality were all associated with healthcare utilization. Continued research is needed to identify patterns and clusters of social determinants and health characteristics associated with healthcare utilization and outcomes in older Mexican-Americans.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- heart failure
- physical activity
- affordable care act
- mental health
- community dwelling
- middle aged
- public health
- emergency department
- autism spectrum disorder
- cardiovascular events
- left ventricular
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- atrial fibrillation
- quality improvement
- climate change
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- human health
- health promotion
- community acquired pneumonia