The impact of race and insurance status on baseline histopathology profile in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis.
Hannah N KuharAshwin GantiMichael EggerstedtMahboobeh MahdaviniaPaolo GattusoRitu GhaiPete S BatraBobby A TajudeenPublished in: International forum of allergy & rhinology (2019)
Black and Medicaid patients demonstrated more severe disease by histopathology and SNOT-22 scores. These findings were no longer significant among Black patients after adjusting for insurance status, suggesting that the prevailing factor influencing worse disease may be access to care.