Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

College/School/Department

Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior

Content Description

1 online resource (xiii, 172 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Diane Dewar

Committee Members

Louise-Anne McNutt, Kimberly Fredericks, Victoria Lazariu

Keywords

Avoidable, Characteristics, Hospitalizations, Physician, Hospitals, Physicians

Subject Categories

Public Health

Abstract

Avoidable hospitalizations are those hospitalizations that could have been avoided had there been appropriate levels of primary care, and higher levels of avoidable hospitalizations have been linked to higher rates of poverty and of race/ethnicity and to individuals who are on Medicaid or who are uninsured. The association with physician density has, however, been inconsistent, with research linking both better and worse physician density to higher rates of avoidable hospitalizations. Very little research, however, has been conducted on other physician characteristics and the rate of avoidable hospitalizations.

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