Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities
Few With Myelodysplastic Syndromes Receive Hypomethylating Agents
Odds of receiving HMAs lower for those 85 years and older, women, Black patients
Hearing Loss Linked to Lower Odds of Employment, Lower Income
Likelihood of paid employment lower for Black and Hispanic individuals with hearing loss
CVD Mortality Varies Among Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino Americans
Filipino Americans have the highest mortality across most cardiovascular conditions
Racialized Economic Segregation Linked to Advanced Cancer Diagnosis
Most deprived and/or non-Hispanic Black-concentrated areas had significantly higher advanced-to-localized IRRs for breast, cervical cancer
Women With MS Less Likely Than Men to Receive Disease-Modifying Therapies
Proportion of treated women began to decline 18 months before childbirth, reaching 27.9 percent at the estimated time of conception
Risk of Long COVID Greater for Individuals With Social Risk Factors
Increased risk of long COVID seen with financial hardship, food insecurity, less than a college education, lack of social support
Patients With Diabetes More Likely to Experience Adverse Financial Outcomes
Authors say holistic treatment approaches may ease financial vulnerability for people with diabetes
Socioeconomic Disparities Contribute to Frequent ED Visits for Seizure
Increased odds of high ED visits seen for those with Medicare, Medicaid, no insurance versus private insurance
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Affordability Tied to Widening Survival Disparity
Introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors linked to widening disparity for those with private insurance versus those without insurance
Living in Marginalized Neighborhoods Linked to Adverse Outcomes in Acute MI
Increasing neighborhood marginalization linked to higher rates of mortality beginning at 30 days after discharge
