Tag: Economic Status
Median Household Income Predicts Survival in Anal Cancer
Lower income tied to worse overall, cancer-specific survival in squamous cell carcinoma of the anus
Socioeconomic Conditions Affect Metabolic Syndrome Risk
In study among low-income rural black youths, highest prevalence seen in poorest subjects
Collaborative Communication Could Improve HTN Rx Adherence
Clinicians in low-income neighborhoods should ask about employment, relationships, researchers say
Socioeconomic Position Tied to Carotid Wall Thickness in Kids
Family socioeconomic position linked to maximum carotid intima-media thickness in mid-childhood
Certain Cancer Diagnoses Up in High-Income Counties in U.S.
But combined death rate from four cancers studied is similar in high- and low-income counties
U.S. Leads in Income-Based Health Care Inequalities
More public tolerance for health care inequalities seen in United States than other countries
Poverty Affects Severity of Organ Damage Due to Lupus
And, pregnancy complications higher among non-white patients with lupus
Improved Breast Cancer Screening Rates With ACA
Waiving costs appears to improve mammography rates, but not colonoscopy, even among the poor
Health Expenditures Rising for Middle Class, Wealthy
But, since 2004, simultaneous decline in expenditures for the nonelderly poor
Global Recession Tied to 260,000 Additional Cancer Deaths
Health care cuts, unemployment linked to rise in cancer mortality
