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Assessing Racial Disparities in Healthcare Expenditures via Mediator Distribution Shifts.

Xiaxian Ou1, Xinwei He1, David Benkeser1

  • 1Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Statistics in Medicine
|May 27, 2026
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Summary
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Racial disparities in healthcare spending persist, driven mainly by differences in socioeconomic status and health. Equalizing these factors reduces gaps, but residual disparities suggest unmeasured influences on healthcare expenditure.

Keywords:
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Area of Science:

  • Health Economics
  • Health Services Research
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Racial disparities in healthcare expenditures are a significant concern.
  • Understanding the drivers of these disparities is complex and requires nuanced analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and apply a framework for decomposing racial disparities in healthcare expenditures.
  • To quantify the impact of mediating variables (SES, insurance, health behaviors, health status) on these disparities.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a novel framework to decompose disparities using shifts in mediator distributions.
  • Employed influence-function techniques and flexible machine learning (super learners, two-part models) for valid inference.
  • Utilized data from the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS) from 2009-2016.

Main Results:

  • Substantial racial disparities in healthcare expenditures were observed, with the largest gaps between non-Hispanic Whites and Hispanics.
  • Socioeconomic status and health status were the primary contributors to expenditure disparities.
  • Insurance access played a significant role, especially for Hispanic populations, while health behaviors had minimal impact.

Conclusions:

  • Differences in socioeconomic status and health status explain a significant portion of racial healthcare expenditure disparities.
  • Residual disparities persist, indicating the influence of unmeasured or structural factors.
  • The proposed framework offers a robust method for analyzing and understanding drivers of health disparities.