Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Authors say disparities in LVAD use by race, sex likely driven by clinician decision-making

Adults with limited English proficiency more likely to lack usual source of care, be overdue for receipt of preventive services

Hospitals in low-income and rural communities less likely to receive stroke certification than those in general communities

Despite overall improvement in treatment and survival from 2005 to 2015, findings reveal persisting disparities across race and sex

Findings persist among race/ethnic groups, regardless of government or private insurance, and across facility types

Authors say this trend may be due to increased mental health care access

Discriminatory policies, systemic inequities, structural barriers resulting from history of racism cause and perpetuate cancer health disparities

More than half of patients who never had their oxygen treatment eligibility recognized were Black

Disparities greatest most recently and for cancers for which PBT is the recommended radiation therapy modality

Food insecurity during the pandemic disproportionately affected non-White and low-income individuals