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Racial/ethnic Disparities in use of High-Quality Hospitals among Thyroid Cancer Patients. Cancer investigation Megwalu, U. C., Ma, Y. 2021: 1-16

Abstract

This study examined racial/ethnic differences in use of high-quality hospitals among thyroid cancer patients. The study included adult patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2015 identified in the California Cancer Registry linked with hospital discharge records. Hospital quality was defined using a composite thyroid cancer-specific hospital quality score. Black (risk ratio [RR] 0.75, 95% CI 0.70 to 0.80), Hispanic (RR 0.73, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.75), and Asian/Pacific Islander patients (RR 0.86, 95% CI 0.84 to 0.89) were less likely to be treated in high-quality hospitals than non-Hispanic White patients. This disparity persisted after adjusting for insurance status and socioeconomic status.

View details for DOI 10.1080/07357907.2021.1938108

View details for PubMedID 34077307