Tag: Race
Progress Toward Cutting Racial Mortality Disparities Stalling, Reversing
Progress reversed due to increase in mortality from external causes, stagnation for cardiovascular diseases
Non-Hispanic Black Patients Have Disparities in HCT Use for Hematologic Cancers
For AML and MDS, lower utilization seen for non-Hispanic Black patients compared with other groups
Racial Disparities Seen in Prehospital Stroke Care
Findings seen despite similar use of emergency medical services transport
Racial Differences Seen in Pain Rx for Older Adults With Hip Fracture
Black beneficiaries have lower average doses in the first 90 days
Low-Dose Triple-Pill Protocol Lowers BP in Black Africans With Hypertension
Mean home systolic blood pressure lower with triple-pill protocol versus standard-care protocol at month 6
Errors in Racial Data Likely in Electronic Medical Records
Greater mismatch between children's health records and patient-provided data seen with greater number of racial options
Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Department
Black patients discharged from ED with diagnosis of interest less likely to have related diagnostic testing than Whites
Prevalence of HTN Increases With Neighborhood Disadvantage
Higher hypertension rate and lower treatment rate seen for highest versus lowest ADI quintile neighborhood
Structural Racism Tied to Elevated Cancer Risk From Traffic Pollutants
Neighborhoods in highest quartile of structural racism had elevated cancer risk from traffic-related air pollutants
Socially, Economically Disadvantaged Communities Lack Access to Buprenorphine
Findings not seen for communities with racial or ethnic segregation alone
