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Cara V. James
Researcher at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Publications - 9
Citations - 387
Cara V. James is an academic researcher from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health equity & Health care. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 205 citations.
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Racial/ethnic health disparities among rural adults -- United States, 2012–2015
Cara V. James,Ramal Moonesinghe,Shondelle M. Wilson-Frederick,Jeffrey E. Hall,Ana Penman-Aguilar,Karen Bouye +5 more
TL;DR: Although persons in rural communities often have worse health outcomes and less access to health care than those in urban communities, rural racial/ethnic minority populations have substantial health, access to care, and lifestyle challenges that can be overlooked when considering aggregated population data.
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Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities Among Rural Adults—United States, 2012–2015: MMWR Surveillance Summaries / November 17, 2017 / 66(23);1–9
Cara V. James,Ramal Moonesinghe,Shondelle M. Wilson-Frederick,Jeffrey E. Hall,Ana Penman-Aguilar,Karen Bouye +5 more
TL;DR: Although persons in rural communities often have worse health outcomes and less access to health care than those in urban communities, rural racial/ethnic minority populations have substantial health, access to care, and lifestyle challenges that can be overlooked when considering aggregated population data.
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Identifying the Transgender Population in the Medicare Program.
TL;DR: The racial, ethnic, and geographic distribution of the Medicare transgender population tends to reflect the broader Medicare population, however, age, original entitlement status, and disease burden of the tra...
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Incentivizing Excellent Care to At-Risk Groups with a Health Equity Summary Score.
Denis Agniel,Steven C. Martino,Q. Burkhart,Katrin Hambarsoomian,Nate Orr,Megan K. Beckett,Cara V. James,Sarah Hudson Scholle,Shondelle M. Wilson-Frederick,Judy H. Ng,Marc N. Elliott +10 more
TL;DR: The feasibility of developing and estimating a Health Equity Summary Score (HESS) that is intended to promote and incentivize excellent care for racial-and-ethnic minorities and dually eligible MA enrollees is demonstrated.
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COPD and Rural Health: A Dialogue on the National Action Plan
Paul Moore,Graham T. Atkins,Stephanie Cramb,Janet B. Croft,Lisa A Davis,Rowena J. Dolor,Daniel Doyle,Maggie Elehwany,Cara V. James,Alana Knudson,John Linnell,David M. Mannino,Jean M. Rommes,Akshay Sood,Eric Stockton,David N. Weissman,Mike Witte,Eugenia Wyatt,William C. Yarbrough,Barbara P. Yawn,Lenora Johnson,Tom Morris,James P. Kiley,Neyal J. Ammary-Risch,Antonello Punturieri +24 more
TL;DR: COPD and Rural Health: A Dialogue on the National Action Plan Paul Moore and Antonello Punturieri, MD, PhD.