Racial and Ethnic Differences in Low‐Value Care Among Older Adults in a Large Statewide Health System
These diverging racial patterns in LVC across different measures likely reflect differential mechanisms, underscoring the need to use clinically specific measures rather than composite measures, which obscure underlying heterogeneity and could lead to potentially harmful and inequity-producing interventions.
Authors
- Carlos Irwin A. Oronce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3860-7716)
- John N. Mafi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0322-7636)
- Catherine A. Sarkisian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2768-2323)
- Ray Pablo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6861-5990)
- Phyllis Willis
- Ninez A. Ponce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5151-6718)
- S Shapiro
Institutions
- RAND Corporation (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- UCLA Health (US)
- University of California System (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19369
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- University of California, Los Angeles
- National Institute on Aging
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of California, Los Angeles