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Impact of Healthcare Access Disparities on Initial Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in the Emergency Department.
Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Quantifying Health Outcome Disparity in Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection using Fairness Algorithms on Real-World Data.Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing · 2024Article
- Diagnosis of cancer in the Emergency Department: A scoping review.Cancer medicine · 2023Article
- Overcoming Disparities in Cancer: A Need for Meaningful Reform for Hispanic and Latino Cancer Survivors.The oncologist · 2021Review
- Exacerbation of Inequities in Use of Diagnostic Radiology During the Early Stages of Reopening After COVID-19.Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR · 2021Article
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Abstract
Breast cancer continues to be the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women in the United States. This is more noticeable in communities with pronounced healthcare disparities. The aim of this study was to investigate the different demographics that might play a role in the detection of breast cancer in a county hospital emergency department (ED). A retrospective study was conducted of female patients diagnosed with breast cancer over a five-year period (1/1/2015 to 12/31/2018). Patients with breast cancer as the primary or secondary diagnosis were identified. This study shows that 66 (73.3%) women diagnosed in the ED were Hispanic or African American. There was a significant delay (a median of 461 days) in the time between the diagnosis of suspected breast cancer in the ED to their follow-up visit with definitive diagnosis in a primary care clinic. These findings suggest that women with a suspected breast cancer diagnosis who are seen in a safety net hospital and have Medicaid funding may have significant delays before final diagnosis is made. Patient demographics could have an impact on the patients' access to screening and regular healthcare visits, hindering an early breast cancer diagnosis by a primary care provider.
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