Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Even within a racial/ethnic group, state-specific variation was substantial

Mortality highest in rural counties and counties with higher percentage of Black residents

Findings seen among women with estrogen receptor-positive, axillary node-negative breast cancer

Black children are overreported as suspected victims, at a rate of 2.5 times their proportion in the overall U.S. population

Wait time disparities most significant for orthopedic services for both Black and Hispanic veterans

Psychologists report increases in those seeking care for anxiety, depression, substance use and no capacity for treating new patients

Students pursuing dermatology have lower odds of intending to care for underserved populations, practice in underserved areas

Among ovarian cancer patients, non-Hispanic Blacks remained less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to initiate systemic therapy even after adjustment for health care access scores

Increases seen for all race and ethnic groups, with slight increase in disparities between groups

Age-adjusted influenza hospitalization rates were also higher among racial and ethnic-minority adults