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Andrews RM, Elixhauser A. Use of major therapeutic procedures: are Hispanics treated differently than non-Hispanic whites? Ethn Dis 2000 10(3) 384-94
Arozullah AM, Ferreira MR, Bennett RL, Gilman S, Henderson WG, Daley J, Khuri S, Bennett CL. Racial variation in the use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Department of Veterans Affairs medical system. J Am Coll Surg 1999 188(6) 604-22
Becker TM, Wiggins CL, Key CR, Samet JM.   Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions: a leading cause of death among minorities. Am J Epidemiol 1990 131(4) 664-8
Brown AF, Perez-Stable EJ, Whitaker EE, Posner SF, Alexander M, Gathe J, Washington AE. Ethnic differences in hormone replacement prescribing patterns. J Gen Intern Med 1999 14(11) 663-9
Buckle JM, Horn SD, Oates VM, Abbey H. Severity of illness and resource use differences among white and black hospitalized elderly. Arch Intern Med 1992 152(8) 1596-603
  Carlisle DM, Valdez RB, Shapiro MF, Brook RH. Geographic variation in rates of selected surgical procedures within Los Angeles County. Health Serv Res 1995 30(1) 27-42
  Ciol MA, Deyo RA, Kreuter W, Bigos SJ. Characteristics in Medicare beneficiaries associated with reoperation after lumbar spine surgery. Spine 1994 19(12) 1329-34
Cornelius LJ. Barriers to medical care for white, black, and Hispanic American children. J Natl Med Assoc 1993 85(4) 281-8
Cornelius LJ, Altman BM. Have we succeeded in reducing barriers to medical care for African and Hispanic Americans with disabilities? Soc Work Health Care 1995 22(2) 1-17
Egbert LD, Rothman IL. Relation between race and economic status of patients and who performs their surgery. N Engl J Med 1977 297(2) 90-1
Escarce JJ, Epstein KR, Colby DC, Schwartz JS. Racial differences in the elderly's use of medical procedures and diagnostic tests. Am J Public Health 1993 83(7) 948-54
Falcone D, Broyles R. Access to long-term care: race as a barrier. J Health Polit Policy Law 1994 19(3) 583-95
  Fichtenbaum R, Gyimah-Brempong K. The effects of race on the use of physician's services. Int J Health Serv 1997 27(1) 136-56
  Fillenbaum GG, Horner RD, Hanlon JT, Landerman LR, Dawson DV, Cohen HJ. Factors predicting change in prescription and nonprescription drug use in a community-residing black and white elderly population. J Clin Epidemiol 1996 49(5) 587-93
  Finucane TE, Carrese JA. Racial Bias in Presentation of Cases. J Gen Intern Med 1990 5 120-1
  Ganesan K, Teklehaimanot S, Norris K. Estrogen replacement therapy use in minority postmenopausal women. Ethn Dis 2000 10(2) 257-61
Giacomini MK. Gender and ethnic differences in hospital-based procedure utilization in California. Arch Intern Med 1996 156(11) 1217-24
  Gibaldi M. Ethnic differences in the assessment and treatment of disease. Pharmacotherapy 1993 13(3) 170-6
Gittelsohn AM, Halpern J, Sanchez RL. Income, race and surgery in Maryland. Am J Public Health 1991 81(11) 1435-41
Gittelsohn AM, Powe NR. Small area variations in health care delivery in Maryland. Health Serv Res 1995 30(2) 295-317
Goins WA, Rodriguez A, Dunham CM, Shankar BS. Black-white disparities in blunt trauma. J Natl Med Assoc 1993 85(8) 601-7
Gordon HS, Harper DL, Rosenthal GE. Racial variation in predicted and observed in-hospital death. A regional analysis. JAMA 1996 276(20) 1639-44
Gornick ME. The association of race/socioeconomic status and use of Medicare services. A little-known failure in access to care. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1999 896 497-500
Grant MD, Rudberg MA, Brody JA. Gastrostomy placement and mortality among hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA 1998 279(24) 1973-6
Hahn BA. Children's health: racial and ethnic differences in the use of prescription medications. Pediatrics 1995 95(5) 727-32
Harris DR, Andrews R, Elixhauser A. R Racial and gender differences in use of procedures for black and white hospitalized adults. Ethn Dis 1997 7(2) 91-105
Hornung CA, Eleazer GP, Strothers HS 3rd, Wieland GD, Eng C, McCann R, Sapir M. Ethnicity and decision-makers in a group of frail older people. J Am Geriatr Soc 1998 46(3) 280-6
  Jha AK, Shlipal MG, Hosmer W, Frances CD, Browner WS. Racial differences in mortality among men hospitalized in the Veterans Affairs health care system. JAMA 2001 285(3) 297-303
Kahn KL, Pearson ML, Harrison ER, Desmond KA, Rogers WH, Rubenstein LV, Brook RH, Keeler EB. Health care for black and poor hospitalized Medicare patients. JAMA 1994 271(15) 1169-74
  Kelleher KJ, Moore CD, Childs GE, Angelilli ML, Comer DM. Patient race and ethnicity in primary care management of child behavior problems: a report from PROS and ASPN. Pediatric Research in Office Settings. Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network. Med Care 1999 37(11) 1092-104
  Kenton EJ. Access to neurological care for minorities. Arch Neurol 1991 48(5) 480-3
Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila LJ. Differences in prescription drug utilization and expenditures between Blacks and Whites in the Georgia Medicaid population. Inquiry 1998 35(1) 78-87
Klassen AC, Klassen DK, Brookmeyer R, Frank RG, Marconi K. Factors influencing waiting time and successful receipt of cadaveric liver transplant in the United States. 1990 to 1992. Med Care 1998 36(3) 281-94
Lee AJ, Baker CS, Gehlbach S, Hosmer DW, Reti M. Do black elderly Medicare patients receive fewer services? An analysis of procedure use for selected patient conditions. Med Care Res Rev 1998 55(3) 314-33
Lee AJ, Gehlbach S, Hosmer, Reti M, Baker CS. Medicare treatment differences for blacks and whites. Med Care 1997 35(12) 1173-89
Lieu TA, Newacheck PW, McManus MA. Race, ethnicity and access to ambulatory care among US Adolescents. Am J Pub Health 1993 83(7) 960-5
Marsh JV, Brett KM, Miller LC. Racial differences in hormone replacement therapy prescriptions. Obstet Gynecol 1999 93(6) 999-1003
Massey CV, Hupp CH, Kreisberg M, Alpert MA, Hoff C. Estrogen replacement therapy is underutilized among postmenopausal women at high risk for coronary heart disease. Am J Med Sci 2000 320(2) 124-7
  Mayberry RM, Mili F, Ofili E. Racial and ethnic differences in access to medical care. Med Care Res Rev 2000 57 Suppl 1 108-45
McBean AM, Gornick M. Differences by race in the rates of procedures performed in hospitals for Medicare beneficiaries. Health Care Financ Rev 1994 15(4) 77-90
  McMahon LF Jr, Wolfe RA, Huang S, Tedeschi P, Manning W Jr, Edlund MJ. Racial and gender variation in use of diagnostic colonic procedures in the Michigan Medicare population. Med Care 1999 37(7) 712-7
Melnick SL, Sprafka JM, Laitinen DL, Bostick RM, Flack JM, Burke GL. Antiobiotic use in urban whites and blacks: the Minnesota Heart Survey. Ann Pharmacother 1992 26(10) 1292-5
  Miller B, Campbell RT, Furner S, Kaufman JE, Li M, Muramatsu N, Prohaska T. Use of medical care by African American and White older persons: comparative analysis of three national data sets. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 1997 52(6) S325-35
  Morrison RS, Wallenstein S, Natale DK, Senzel RS, Huang LL. We don't carry that--failure of pharmacies in predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods to stock opioid analgesics. N Engl J Med 2000 342(14) 1023-6
  Morrow-Howell N, Chadiha LA, Proctor EK, Hourd-Bryant M, Dore P. Racial differences in discharge planning. Health Soc Work 1996 21(2) 131-9
Morrow-Howell N, Proctor E. Discharge destination of Medicare patients receiving discharge planning: who goes where? Med Care 1994 32(5) 486-97
Mort EA, Weissman JS, Epstein AM. Physician discretion and racial variation in the use of surgical procedures. Arch Intern Med 1994 154(7) 761-7
  Nelson MA. Race, gender, and the effect of social supports on the use of health services by elderly individuals. Int J Aging Hum Dev 1993 37(3) 227-46
  Newacheck PW, Hughes DC, Stoddard JJ. Children's access to primary care: differences by race, income, and insurance status. Pediatrics 1996 97(1) 26-32
  Ng B, Dimsdale JE, Shragg GP, Deutsch R. Ethnic differences in analgesic consumption for postoperative pain. Psychosom Med 1996 58(2) 125-9
Orr ST, Miller CA, James SA. Differences in use of health services by children according to race. Relative importance of cultural and system-related factors. Med Care 1984 22(9) 848-53
Pappas G, Hadden WC, Kozak LJ, Fisher GF. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations: inequalities in rates between US socioeconomic groups. Am J Public Health 1997 87(5) 811-6
Phillips KA, Mayer ML, Aday LA. Barriers to care among racial/ethnic groups under managed care. Health Aff 2000 19(4) 65-75
  Phillips RS, Hamel MB, Teno JM, Bellamy P, Broste SK, Califf RM, Vidaillet H, Davis RB, Muhlbaier LH, Connors AF Jr. Race, resource use, and survival in seriously ill hospitalized adults. The SUPPORT Investigators. J Gen Intern Med 1996 11(7) 387-96
Ren XS, Amick BC, Williams DR. Racial/ethnic disparities in health: the interplay between discrimination and socioeconomic status. Ethn Dis 1999 9(2) 151-65
Roos NP, Roos LL Jr. Surgical rate variations: do they reflect the health or socioeconomic characteristics of a population? Med Care 1982 20(9) 945-58
  Schneider EC, Cleary PD, Zaslavsky AM, Epstein AM. Racial disparity in influenza vaccination: does managed care narrow the gap between African Americans and whites? JAMA 2001 286(12) 1455-60
  Selim AJ, Fincke G, Ren XS, Deyo RA, Lee A, Skinner K, Kazis L. Racial differences in the use of lumbar spine radiographs: results from the Veterans Health Study. Spine 2001 26(12) 1364-9
  Shaw CT. A detailed examination of treatment procedures of whites and blacks in hospitals. Soc Sci Med 1971 5(3) 251-6
Shekelle PG, Kahan JP, Bernstein SJ, Leape LL, Kamberg CJ, Park RE. The reproducibility of a method to identify the overuse and underuse of medical procedures. N Engl J Med 1998 338(26) 1888-95
  Shi L. Experience of primary care by racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Med Care 1999 37(10) 1068-77
Siddique RM, Amini SB, Connors AF Jr, Rimm AA. Race and sex in long-term survival rates for elderly patients with pulmonary embolism. Am J Pub Health 1998 88(10) 1476-80
  Tai-Seale M, Freund D, LoSasso A. Racial disparities in service use among Medicaid beneficiaries after mandatory enrollment in managed care: a difference-in-differences approach. Inquiry 2001 38(1) 49-59
  Wallace SP, Levy-Storms L, Anderson RM, Kington RS. The impact by race of changing long-term care policy. J Aging & Soc Policy 1997 9(3) 1-20
Wallace SP, Levy-Storms L, Kington RS, Anderson RM. The persistence of race and ethnicity in the use of long-term care. J of Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 1998 53(2) S104-12
  Weinick RM, Zuvekas SH, Cohen JW. Racial and ethnic differences in access to and use of health care services, 1977 to 1996. Med Care Res Rev 2000 57(Suppl 1) 36-54
  Weisse CS, Sorum PC, Sanders KN, Syat BL. Do gender and race affect decisions about pain management? J Gen Intern Med 2001 16(4) 211-7
  White-Means SI. Racial patterns in disabled elderly persons' use of medical services. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2000 55(2) S76-89
Williams JF, Zimmerman JE, Wagner DP, Hawkins M, Knaus WA. African-American and white patients admitted to the intensive care unit: is there a difference in therapy and outcome? Crit Care Med 1995 23(4) 626-36
Wilson MG, May DS, Kelly JJ. Racial differences in the use of total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis among older Americans. Ethn Dis 1994 4(1) 57-67
Yergan J, Flood AB, LoGerfo JP, Diehr P. Relationship between patient race and the intensity of hospital services Med Care 1987 25(7) 592-603
nr   Andrews R, Harris DE. Elixhauser A. Gender, race/ethnicity, and treatment of adults in hospital by diagnosis. Provider Studies Research Note 26. AHCPR Pub 96-0011. Rockville MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. 1995    
nr   Elixhauser A, et al. Trends in hospital procedures performed on black patients and white patients:1980-87. Provider Studies Research Note 20. AHCPR Pub 94-0003. Rockville MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research 1994    
nr   Elixhauser A, Harris DR, and Coffey RM. Trends in Hospital Diagnoses for Black Patients: 1980-97. AHCPR Pub 95-0048. Rockville MD: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. 1995    

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