Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities
Earlier Natural Menopause Risk Increased for Women in Socially Vulnerable Neighborhoods
Median age of natural menopause earlier for women residing in neighborhoods with very high versus very low social vulnerability
CVD Mortality Higher in Women Than Men With Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
Decreases seen from 1999 to 2020 in both women and men, but mortality rates persistently higher for women
Female Ophthalmology Trainees Perform Fewer Cataract Procedures During Residency
Female residents and those with underrepresented in medicine status report fewer total procedures
Racial Disparities Persist in Immediate Breast Reconstruction Rates
Finding seen despite increases in rates overall and passage of the Affordable Care Act
Nearly Two-Thirds of U.S. Adults Have Experienced In-Person Gun Violence
Marked racial/ethnic disparities exist for both in-person and media gun violence exposure
Disparities Identified in Linkage to Care for Children With Hepatitis C
Hispanic/Latinx and White children have more than twofold and threefold increased odds of linkage to care, respectively, than Black children
Disparities Evident in Treatment, Survival for Patients With Pancreatic Cancer
Lower odds of receiving key components of quality care seen for those with high overall social vulnerability index
Racial Disparities Seen in Unintentional Overdose Mortality
Black men and Black women have pronounced and increasing burden of mortality compared with Whites
Rural-Urban Differences Seen in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, CVD
Disparities greatest among younger adults and almost entirely explained by social risk factors
Social Vulnerability Index Linked to Risk for Alzheimer Disease
Individuals in areas with higher SVI had increased risk for incident AD and faster rate of cognitive decline
