Tag: Race
Racial Disparity Seen in Initiation of Newer Diabetes Meds
Significantly lower rates of initiation seen in Black and American Indian or Alaskan Native individuals
Young Have Greatest Burden of Distant Colorectal Adenocarcinoma
Largest increases in distant-stage proportion for rectal-only seen for 20- to 29-year-old non-Hispanic Blacks, Hispanics
Black Patients More Likely to Have Negative Descriptors in Notes
Compared with White patients, Black patients have 2.54 times the odds of having at least one negative descriptor in EHR
Blacks Increased Telemedicine Use for Surgical Consults
Findings seen in second phase of the pandemic; no significant racial differences seen during the beginning of the pandemic
2021 USPSTF Lung Cancer Screening Criteria Expand Eligibility
Compared with 2013 USPSTF criteria, more patients eligible for lung cancer screening with less racial disparity in access
Disparities Seen in Air Pollution Exposure Across the U.S.
Exposure to air pollution greater for certain racial/ethnic groups, low-income groups
Racial, Ethnic Disparities Seen in mAb Treatment for COVID-19
Monoclonal antibody treatment used infrequently among all racial, ethnic groups; Hispanics received mAbs less often than non-Hispanics
Ethnic Disparities Seen in Enrollment for a Clinical Trial
29 percent of patients deemed appropriate for intervention were Hispanic compared with 52 percent of those deemed not appropriate
Kidney Failure Risk Equation Bests eGFR for Predicting ESKD
KFRE score >20 percent had similar specificity, higher sensitivity for predicting end-stage kidney disease than eGFR <20 mL/min/1.73 m2
Removing Race May Up Equity in Preemptive Listing for Kidney Transplant
Race coefficients applied to calculation of eGFR in non-Black transplant candidates to demonstrate more equitable preemptive listing
