Tag: Race
Racial Disparities Noted in Quality of Care for Dementia
Asian patients less likely to be prescribed antidementia drugs; anxiolytics/hypnotic Rxs lower for blacks
LV Hypertrophy May Explain Racial Disparities in Heart Failure
Some of the excess risk for heart failure explained by higher prevalence of malignant LVH in blacks
Outcomes No Worse for Black Veterans With Prostate Cancer
For men in VA health system, blacks do not present with more advanced disease or have higher mortality
Community-Based Diabetes Screening Feasible in Barbershops
About one-third of those asked to participate were successfully tested; 9.0 percent had HbA1c ≥6.5 percent
Outcomes for Spinal Fusion Surgery Worse in Black Patients
Postop complications, readmission, longer stay, higher costs more likely compared with white patients
Supratentorial ICH Outcomes Better in Young Blacks, Hispanics
Outcomes better compared with whites among young adults with supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage
Less Improvement in Outcomes Seen at Minority-Serving ICUs
Disparity found in risk for critical illness mortality at hospitals serving more minority patients
ACA Tied to Narrowing of Disparities in Access to Care
Nationwide improvements in insurance coverage and access to care seen, even in nonexpansion states
Lack of Insurance Tied to Later Stage of Breast Cancer at Diagnosis
Almost half of higher stage of disease at diagnosis in racial/ethnic minorities explained by insurance status
One in Four Children With Autism Not Formally Diagnosed
Black and Hispanic children most at risk for missed diagnosis
