Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Individuals in areas with higher SVI had increased risk for incident AD and faster rate of cognitive decline

Odds of leukemia-related mortality higher in rural counties and urban neighborhoods with lower socioeconomic status

Annual increase of 0.24 percentage points seen in children aged 5 to 17 years and of 0.33 percentage points for young adults age 18 to 25 years

Some older adults receive no outpatient rehabilitation or home health care following acute care hospitalization and community discharge

Review looks at data regarding barriers to and facilitators of breast and cervical cancer screening among people with disabilities

Counties without gastroenterologists more likely to be nonmetropolitan, have older populations, have lower median household income

Relative decline seen in cancer mortality among Blacks, but they still have higher mortality rates than Whites

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