Association Between Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities and Hospital Performance in Treatment and Outcomes for Patients with Colon Cancer.

Joanna T BuchheitCasey M SilverReiping HuangYue-Yung HuDavid J BentremDavid D OdellRyan P Merkow

Published in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)

Disparities in receipt of high-quality colon cancer care occurred by SES and insurance at low-performing hospitals, and by race at high-performing hospitals. However, survival disparities by SES and insurance exist irrespective of hospital performance. Future steps include improving low-performing hospitals and identifying mechanisms affecting survival disparities.

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