... antibiotics within eight hours and were twice as likely to be admitted to the ICU.
“The gender disparity on aggressiveness of hospital care is appropriate, given the fact that men tended to be ...
... liver cancer or hepatitis may negatively influence long-term survival, race does not. Racial disparities in incidence, severity, methods of treatment and access to care have previously been shown in a ...
... most physician panels. The authors also found no association between the magnitude of the racial disparities in a physician's panel of patients and the number of black patients treated by that doctor ...
... Americans speak a language other than English at home, there has been little research on health disparities and NEPL children," said Dr. Flores, who holds the Judith and Charles Ginsburg Chair in ...
... race, sex, age, type of injury and state.
The researchers found that the reduction in racial disparity resulted from a decrease in motor vehicle crashes and firearm suicides among black males ...
... exist between non-Hispanic whites and racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. "Such disparities in screening may contribute to the higher colorectal cancer incidence and mortality [death] ...
... % reduction in risk for death among black recipients.
The investigators found that racial disparities were less profound when kidneys were donated after cardiac death compared with kidney donations ...
... care from community hospitals to cancer centers to teaching hospitals. There were also disparities in care from one region of the country to another. But there were no racial disparities, suggesting ...
... under the age of 70."
Perhaps the most unexpected aspect of the study, said Smith, was the magnitude of the disparity in specific areas of the country: the Pacific West, 72 (whites) vs. 55 percent ( ...
... and medical treatments over time spent communicating with patients, are also needed to reduce salary disparities, he said, and have the potential to improve quality of care by reducing unnecessary or ...
... understand and, in some cases, have smaller studies to support their approval."
The impact of this disparity on the health of Europe's cancer patients is hard to say with certainty, Dr Wilking said. ...
... D deficiency, diabetes, diet and occupational exposure to pollutants, according to the report.
On the other hand, racial disparity in overall cancer death rates remains. In 2005, the last year for ...
... outcomes for these cancers among African Americans and the poor. A number of studies have examined disparities in cancer survival among different groups to help identify interventions to improve ...
... of emergency department visits, and overall worse quality of life. These findings point to genetic differences that lead to poor responses to drug therapy as the source of these racial disparities.
A new analysis finds considerable disparities in survival related to race and socio-economic status among patients with head and neck cancer. Published in the 15 November 2008 issue of CANCER, a peer- ...
