Effect of hospital safety net designation on treatment use and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Ali A MokdadCaitlin C MurphySandi L PruittJohn C MansourJorge A MarreroAmit G SingalAdam C YoppPublished in: Cancer (2017)
Patients at SNHs are less likely to undergo HCC treatment, even when diagnosed at an early stage, which likely contributes to worse survival. System-level differences in care delivery may partly explain racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in HCC prognosis. Cancer 2018;124:743-51. © 2017 American Cancer Society.