Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Onsite availability similar across racial and ethnic groups, but minority patients less likely to receive diagnostic imaging after abnormal screening

127 patients underwent prostate biopsy, with 94 prostate cancers diagnosed; 86.2 percent had clinically significant disease

Authors say higher prevalence likely reflects the stigma and minority stress experienced by these individuals

Variance seen in U.S. counties with more minority-serving institutions or academic health centers

Increase disproportionately affected children, patients enrolled in Medicaid, and Black individuals

Asian, Black patients significantly less likely to have air transport, which is associated with lower mortality versus ground transport

Black patients equally likely to discuss, less likely to progress to metabolic and bariatric surgery than non-Black patients

Public water systems with detectable levels of contaminants serve counties with higher proportions of Hispanic residents

Patients of African ancestry had the lowest precision oncology drug-based clinical actionability from 2019 onward

Older Black adults show lower cognitive scores and a higher likelihood of cognitive impairment