Tag: Race
Standardized Process Can Cut Decision-to-Incision Time for C-Sections
Reduced decision-to-incision time seen for Black non-Hispanic and Hispanic patients
Black Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease Have Worse Outcomes
Black patients face higher disease severity at time of diagnosis and more adverse limb events and cardiovascular events following diagnosis
Discordance Seen in Self-Reported, Actual Comorbidities in Native American Adults
One-third reported having no comorbidities despite cardiometabolic markers classifying half to 80 percent
Latinos With Advanced Degrees Underrepresented in Health Care Workforce
However, all Latino subgroups overrepresented in health care occupations requiring less than a bachelor's degree
Patient-Reported Racism Tied to Mistrust, Worse Patient-Clinician Communication
High frequency of discrimination, microaggressions in health care settings reported by seriously ill Black patients
Indigenous Children Continue to Experience High Rates of RSV
Annual respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalization rates varied from 35.7 to 132.3 per 1,000 children aged younger than 6 months
Higher Maternal Death Rates Among Black Women Tied to Racism, Sexism, U.N. Says
United Nations Population Fund found Black women more likely than White women to be denied medication or experience physical abuse in health care settings
Indigenous Men Less Likely to Receive PSA Testing
Indigenous men with prostate cancer are also more likely to have higher-risk disease characteristics
1999 to 2020 Saw Decrease in Cancer-Specific Mortality in Hispanic Adults
Cancer-specific mortality rates decreased more for Hispanic men than women
Gestational Diabetes Tied to 11-Fold Higher Risk of Diabetes
Lower likelihood of subsequent glycemic control seen for Black, Hispanic women
