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Health Status Disparities by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in Outpatients With Heart Failure. [PDF]

open access: yesJACC Heart Fail, 2018
This study sought to describe the health status of outpatients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) by sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES).Although a primary goal in treating patients with HFrEF is to optimize health status, whether disparities by sex, race/ethnicity, and SES exist is unknown.In the CHAMP-HF (Change ...
Khariton Y   +14 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Cancer survival disparities by health insurance status [PDF]

open access: yesCancer Medicine, 2013
AbstractPrevious studies found that uninsured and Medicaid insured cancer patients have poorer outcomes than cancer patients with private insurance. We examined the association between health insurance status and survival of New Jersey patients 18–64 diagnosed with seven common cancers during 1999–2004. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals
Niu, Xiaoling   +3 more
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Legal status and health disparities: An examination of health insurance coverage among the foreign-born

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2022
Objective: This paper employs a statistical matching procedure to impute the legal status of foreign-born adults in US Census surveys in order to estimate migration status disparities in health insurance coverage.
Christal Hamilton   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Racial Disparities in Health Status [PDF]

open access: yesDiabetes Care, 2010
OBJECTIVE American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.3 times more likely to have diabetes than are individuals in the U.S. general population. The objective of this study was to compare morbidity among American Indian and U.S. adults with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
Joan O'Connell   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Understanding the Changing Landscape of Health Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer

open access: yesGastro Hep Advances, 2023
Liver disease and liver cancer disparities in the United States are reflective of complex multiple determinants of health. This review describes the disproportionate burden of liver disease and liver cancer among racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender ...
Olga M. Herren   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health disparities in past influenza pandemics: A scoping review of the literature

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2023
Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health disparities. To provide a historical perspective on health disparities for pandemic acute respiratory viruses, we conducted a scoping review of the public health literature of health ...
Angela D'Adamo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Physician Assessment of Social Determinants of Health: A Necessary Component in Improving Care of Patients

open access: yesUniversity of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2021
The importance of building a therapeutic relationship between a physician and a patient is taught early on in a medical student's training, specifically through the practice of obtaining a patient history.
Emaan Chaudry
doaj   +1 more source

How does high socioeconomic status affect maternal and neonatal pregnancy outcomes? A population-based study among American women

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X, 2023
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of high SES on multiple pregnancy outcomes, while controlling for confounding factors. Methods: Using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCUP-NIS), the
Laura Nicholls-Dempsey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disparity in Health Screening and Health Utilization according to Economic Status [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Family Medicine, 2017
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become the most common cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Health screening is associated with higher outpatient visits for detection and treatment of CVD-related diseases (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia).
Kim, Min Jung   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Disparities in Adolescent Health and Health Care: Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? [PDF]

open access: yesHealth Services Research, 2003
Data Collection/Extraction Methods. National household survey.Data Sources/Study Setting. We analyzed data on 12,434 adolescents (10 through 18 years old) included in the 1999 and 2000 editions of the National Health Interview Survey.Study Design. We assessed the presence of income gradients using four income groups.
Paul W, Newacheck   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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