title: Racial/ethnic disparities in home health care: charting a course for future research.
abstract: Racial/ethnic disparities in health have been well-documented. However, we know little about the existence of or mechanisms that contribute to disparities in home health care. This article proposes a conceptual framework, based on a comprehensive review of the literature, to guide research to understand whether and how disparities emerge in home health care. The framework outlines the patient, agency, practice, and system factors that have been shown to or theoretically could contribute to disparities. Enhanced parity in home health care will impact society by reducing health costs due to morbidity, while directly benefiting minority patients.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Policy and Practice and New Courtland Center for Transitions and Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6214, USA. jdavitt@sp2.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Joan K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Davitt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000208:ethnology*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States