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dc.contributor.advisorMcGuire, Thomas G.
dc.contributor.authorSamuel, Cleo Alda
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-06T21:13:53Z
dash.embargo.terms2015-06-04en_US
dash.embargo.terms2015-06-04
dc.date.issued2014-06-06
dc.date.submitted2014
dc.identifier.citationSamuel, Cleo Alda. 2014. Essays on Health Care Quality and Access: Cancer Care Disparities, Composite Measure Development, and Geographic Variations in Electronic Health Record Adoption. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11583en
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274571
dc.description.abstractRacial/ethnic disparities in cancer care are well documented in the research literature; however, less is known about the extent and potential source of cancer care disparities in the Veterans Health Administration (VA). In my first paper, I use logistic regression and hospital fixed effects models to examine racial disparities in 20 cancer-related quality measures and the extent to which racial differences in site of care explain VA cancer care disparities. I found evidence of racial disparities in 7 out of 20 cancer-related quality measures. In general, these disparities were primarily driven by racial differences in care for black and white patients within the same VA hospital, rather than racial differences in site of care.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dash.licenseLAA
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectOncologyen_US
dc.subjectInformation technologyen_US
dc.subjectcancer careen_US
dc.subjectdisparitiesen_US
dc.subjectelectronic health recordsen_US
dc.subjecthealth information technologyen_US
dc.subjectquality measurementen_US
dc.subjectveterans healthen_US
dc.titleEssays on Health Care Quality and Access: Cancer Care Disparities, Composite Measure Development, and Geographic Variations in Electronic Health Record Adoptionen_US
dc.typeThesis or Dissertationen_US
dash.depositing.authorSamuel, Cleo Alda
dc.date.available2015-06-04T07:30:51Z
thesis.degree.date2014en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHealth Policyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorHarvard Universityen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMcGuire, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKeating, Nancyen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberZaslavsky, Alanen_US
dash.contributor.affiliatedSamuel, Cleo Alda


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