Association of Health-Care System and Survival in African American and Non-Hispanic White Patients With Bladder Cancer.
Nikhil V KothaAbhishek KumarEdmund M QiaoAlex S QianRohith S VooraVinit NalawadeA Karim KaderRana R McKayTyler F StewartBrent S RosePublished in: Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2022)
In this study of contrasting health-care models, receiving medical care in an equal-access system was associated with reduced differences in stage at presentation and eliminated disparities in survival outcomes for African American patients with bladder cancer. Our findings highlight the importance of reducing financial barriers to care to notably improve health equity and oncologic outcomes for African American patients.
Keyphrases
- african american
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- affordable care act
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- mental health
- peritoneal dialysis
- prostate cancer
- health information
- type diabetes
- rectal cancer
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes
- radical prostatectomy
- health insurance
- glycemic control
- free survival