Tag: Health Care Access / Disparities

Every unit increase in social risk associated with decreased odds of receiving mammography, Pap test, flu or pneumococcal vaccine, and colonoscopy

Second trimester ultrasound receipt mediated 39 percent of the association between public insurance, prenatal diagnosis

Progress reversed due to increase in mortality from external causes, stagnation for cardiovascular diseases

Rural-residing children with medical complexity six times more likely to present at hospitals without dedicated pediatric services

Inequities persisted for both racial and ethnic groups and by socioeconomic factors

For AML and MDS, lower utilization seen for non-Hispanic Black patients compared with other groups

Coverage lower for those covered by Medicaid or other nonprivate insurance, uninsured children, children living below federal poverty level

Findings seen despite similar use of emergency medical services transport

Findings not seen for communities with racial or ethnic segregation alone

All individuals have higher survival with bystander CPR, but the association is weakest for Blacks and women