ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2020
Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Access to High-Quality Dialysis Treatment in Chicago: Does Neighborhood Racial/Ethnic Composition Matter?
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- Spatial Disparities in Access to Dialysis Facilities in Texas: An Analysis of End-Stage Renal Data in 1974-2020.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Association between Residential Segregation and Access to Kidney Transplantation: Evidence from a Multistate Cohort Study.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2024Article
- The African American Transplant Access Program: Mitigating Disparities in Solid Organ Transplantation.NEJM catalyst innovations in care delivery · 2024Article
- Assessing knowledge of end-stage kidney disease and treatment options in hospitalized African American patients undergoing hemodialysis.Chronic illness · 2024Article
- Association of geographical disparities and segregation in regional treatment facilities for Black patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Social Determinants of Health Impacting Access to Renal Dialysis for Racial/Ethnic Minorities.Cureus · 2023Review
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- Understanding the Link between Neighborhoods and Kidney Disease.Kidney360 · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesBlacks and Hispanics face a higher incidence rate of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and tend to experience poorer access to quality health care compared with Whites. Income, education, and insurance coverage differentials are typically identified as risk factors, but neighborhood-level analyses may provide additional insights. We examine whether neighborhood racial composition contributes to racial/ethnic inequities in access to high-quality dialysis care in Chicago.
methodsData are drawn from the United States Renal Data System merged to the ESRD Quality Incentive Program file and the American Community Survey (2005-2009) for facility and neighborhood characteristics (N = 2797). Outcomes included (1) spatial access (travel time to dialysis facilities) and (2) realized access (actual use of quality care). Neighborhood racial/ethnic composition was categorized into four types: predominantly White, Black, and Hispanic neighborhoods, and racially integrated neighborhoods.
resultsBlacks lived closer to a dialysis facility but traveled the same distance to their own dialysis compared with Whites. Hispanics had longer travel time to any dialysis than Whites, and the difference between Hispanics and Whites became no longer significant after adjusting for neighborhood racial/ethnic composition. Blacks and Hispanics had better access to a high-quality facility if they lived in integrated neighborhoods (OR = 1.85 and 3.77, respectively, p < 0.01) or in neighborhoods with higher concentrations of their own race/ethnicity (OR = 1.68 for Blacks in Black neighborhoods and 1.92 for Hispanics in Hispanic neighborhoods, p < 0.05) compared with Whites in predominantly White neighborhoods.
conclusionExpanding opportunities for Blacks and Hispanics to gain access to racially integrated and minority neighborhoods may help alleviate racial/ethnic inequities in access to quality care among kidney disease patients.
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