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ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2024

Survival outcomes and healthcare utilization between immigrant patients and Danish-born patients with hematological cancers: a Danish population-based study.

Joachim Baech, Lasse Hjort Jakobsen, Mikkel Runason Simonsen, Marianne Tang Severinsen, Henrik Frederiksen, Carsten Utoft Niemann, Peter Brown, Judit Mészáros Jørgensen, Eldad J Dann, Søren Paaske Johnsen and 1 more

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Joachim BaechDepartment of Haematology, Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Mølleparkvej 4, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark. j.baech@rn.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-4879
Lasse Hjort JakobsenDepartment of Haematology, Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Mølleparkvej 4, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark.
Mikkel Runason SimonsenDepartment of Haematology, Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Mølleparkvej 4, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark.
Marianne Tang SeverinsenDepartment of Haematology, Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Mølleparkvej 4, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark.
Henrik FrederiksenDepartment of Haematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Carsten Utoft NiemannDepartment of Haematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Peter BrownDepartment of Haematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Judit Mészáros JørgensenDepartment of Haematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Eldad J DannDepartment of Haematology, Rambam Medical Center, and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion University, Haifa, Israel.
Søren Paaske JohnsenDanish Center for Health Services Research, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University and Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Tarec Christoffer El-GalalyDepartment of Haematology, Clinical Cancer Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Mølleparkvej 4, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark.

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Kræftens Bekæmpelse R274-A17146Kræftens Bekæmpelse R290-A18232
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Abstract

Overall survival (OS) for patients with a hematological cancer may differ between immigrant and Danish-born patients due to disparities in socioeconomic status, health literacy, and language proficiency. This cohort study aimed to investigate survival and hospitalization according to immigrant status while controlling for confounders. Patients with newly diagnosed hematological cancer in 2000-2020 were identified in the Danish nationwide hematological registers and stratified into Danish-born, Western, and non-Western patients. Patients were followed from diagnosis until death, 31st December 2021, or emigration, whichever came first. Crude OS, standardized OS, and 5-years OS differences were computed using flexible parametric models and hazard ratios using Cox regression. Number of hospitalization days in the year before and after diagnosis, respectively, were calculated using Poisson regression. A total of 2,241 immigrants and 41,519 Danish-born patients with a hematological cancer were included. Standardized 5-years OS was similar between groups with 58% (95% confidence interval 57-58%) for Danish-born patients, 57% (55-60%) for Western, and 56% (53-58%) for non-Western immigrant patients. Subgroup analyses identified OS differences in selected subgroups. Non-Western immigrant patients had 1.3 (0.5-2.1) more hospitalization days in the year before diagnosis and an adjusted incidence rate ratio of hospitalization days of 1.14 (1.13-1.15) in the year after diagnosis compared with Danish-born patients. In conclusion, there were no overall differences in survival when comparing immigrant patients to Danish-born patients after controlling for relevant confounders. Healthcare utilization was slightly higher among non-Western immigrant patients before and after diagnosis, but differences were small on an individual patient level.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsHematologic NeoplasmsHospitalizationPatient Acceptance of Health CareAdolescentAdultAgedCohort StudiesDenmarkFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRegistriesYoung AdultEthnicityHematological cancerImmigrantsImmigrationSurvival

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