Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Black patients experience younger age for first hospitalization, lung transplant, and death

Only 7.5 percent of respondents reported that reviewing results before they were contacted by a health care practitioner increased worry

And, gap in overdose fatalities between Black and White individuals continues to widen

For example, Black women less likely to have depression screening, more likely to have urine drug test than White women

Children in neighborhoods with low opportunity for health have increased risk for child and caregiver mortality

Association of urbanicity and community income level with mammography use differs substantially between American Indian and White women

Disadvantaged groups have higher risk for being underserved by telehealth because of low telemedicine literacy

Even within a racial/ethnic group, state-specific variation was substantial

Mortality highest in rural counties and counties with higher percentage of Black residents

Findings seen among women with estrogen receptor-positive, axillary node-negative breast cancer