Does Medicaid Managed Care Help Equalize Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Utilization?
We find evidence that MMC has the possibility to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in professional utilization. More work is needed to determine which managed care program characteristics drive this result.
Non-transferrin-bound iron increases the level of intracellular labile iron, which promotes monocyte recruitment to endothelium and may thereby contribute to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Iron-induced adhesion molecule expression was observed, and this event may involve the production of oxygen radicals.