Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities
Social Determinants of Health Linked to Receipt of Treatment for Stroke
Patients in highest quintile of Social Vulnerability Index less likely to receive thrombolysis, mechanical thrombectomy
People With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Face Barriers to Health Care
Barriers include access to treatment, insurance barriers, and financial issues
IDSA: Vaccination Less Likely With Increasing Social Vulnerability, Black Race
Lower likelihood of vaccination for flu, SARS-CoV-2, RSV seen with increasing quartile of social vulnerability index, especially for Black people
Racial, Gender, Socioeconomic Disparities Seen in Teen Alcohol, Drug Screening
Findings seen for adolescent trauma patients who were American Indian, Black, Hispanic, female, Medicaid-insured, or uninsured
Availability, Timeliness of Availability of New Cancer Drugs Vary
More launches seen in association with higher Gross National Income per capita; shorter delays linked to cancer incidence
Social Risk Factors Tied to Lower Odds of Receiving Preventive Services
Every unit increase in social risk associated with decreased odds of receiving mammography, Pap test, flu or pneumococcal vaccine, and colonoscopy
Insurance-Related Disparities Seen in Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease
Second trimester ultrasound receipt mediated 39 percent of the association between public insurance, prenatal diagnosis
Progress Toward Cutting Racial Mortality Disparities Stalling, Reversing
Progress reversed due to increase in mortality from external causes, stagnation for cardiovascular diseases
Rural-Urban Differences Seen in Hospitals’ Pediatric Services
Rural-residing children with medical complexity six times more likely to present at hospitals without dedicated pediatric services
2011 to 2022 Saw Rates of Preterm Birth Rise in California
Inequities persisted for both racial and ethnic groups and by socioeconomic factors
