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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to and Quality of Health Care [PDF]

, 2007
Reviews research on racial and ethnic disparities in health care access and quality and analyzes findings on the extent to which disparities can be attributed to factors other than race/ethnicity, such as insurance, socioeconomic status, and ...
Jose J. Escarce
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Cellular liquid biopsy provides unique chances for disease monitoring, preclinical model generation and therapy adjustment in rare salivary gland cancer patients

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We quantified and cultured circulating tumor cells (CTCs) of 62 patients with various cancer types and generated CTC‐derived tumoroid models from two salivary gland cancer patients. Cellular liquid biopsy‐derived information enabled molecular genetic assessment of systemic disease heterogeneity and functional testing for therapy selection in both ...
Nataša Stojanović Gužvić, Florian Lüke, Steffi Treitschke, Andrea Coluccio, Martin Hoffmann, Giancarlo Feliciello, Adithi Ravikumar Varadarajan, Xin Lu, Kathrin Weidele, Catherine Botteron, Silvia Materna–Reichelt, Felix Keil, Katja Evert, Florian Weber, Thomas Schamberger, Michael Althammer, Jirka Grosse, Dirk Hellwig, Christian Schulz, Stephan Seitz, Peter Ugocsai, Anke Schlenska‐Lange, Roman Mayr, Ulrich Kaiser, Wolfgang Dietmaier, Bernhard Polzer, Jens Warfsmann, Kamran Honarnejad, Tobias Pukrop, Daniel Heudobler, Christoph A. Klein, Christian Werno   +31 more
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Socioeconomic Disparities and Self-reported Substance Abuse-related Problems [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2018
Background: It is not well understood whether the self-reported experience of substance abuse-related problems differs by socioeconomic status.Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis using the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) on ...
Kesha Baptiste-Roberts, Mian Hossain
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Targeted metabolomics reveals novel diagnostic biomarkers for colorectal cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study employed targeted metabolomic profiling to identify 302 distinct metabolites present in platelet‐rich plasma (PRP), revealing aberrant metabolic profiles amongst individuals diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC). Compared to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cancer antigen 19‐9 (CA199), our metabolite panel showed improved sensitivity ...
Zuojian Hu, Fenglin Shen, Yang Liu, Ziqing Zhong, Yongling Chen, Zhiyuan Xia, Cuiju Mo, Hongxiu Yu   +7 more
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An analysis of health inequalities depending on educational level using nationally representative survey data in Japan, 2019

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background In recent years, socioeconomic differences in health statuses and behaviors have not been investigated from the nationally representative survey data in Japan.
Tasuku Okui
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Poor access to health services for depression treatment in Brazil

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2023
OBJECTIVE To analyze the factors associated with poor access to health services for the depression treatment in Brazil. METHODS This study used data from the Brazilian National Survey of Health, conducted in the years 2019 and 2020.
Héllyda de Souza Bezerra, Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa   +1 more
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Assessing Social Determinants-Related Performance Bias of Machine Learning Models: A case of Hyperchloremia Prediction in ICU Population [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Machine learning in medicine leverages the wealth of healthcare data to extract knowledge, facilitate clinical decision-making, and ultimately improve care delivery. However, ML models trained on datasets that lack demographic diversity could yield suboptimal performance when applied to the underrepresented populations (e.g.
arxiv  

Classification of acute myeloid leukemia based on multi‐omics and prognosis prediction value

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The Unsupervised AML Multi‐Omics Classification System (UAMOCS) integrates genomic, methylation, and transcriptomic data to categorize AML patients into three subtypes (UAMOCS1‐3). This classification reveals clinical relevance, highlighting immune and chromosomal characteristics, prognosis, and therapeutic vulnerabilities.
Yang Song, Zhe Wang, Guangji Zhang, Jiangxue Hou, Kaiqi Liu, Shuning Wei, Yan Li, Chunlin Zhou, Dong Lin, Min Wang, Hui Wei, Jianxiang Wang, Tao Cheng, Yingchang Mi   +13 more
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Socio-demographic disparity in oral health among the poor: a cross sectional study of early adolescents in Kilwa district, Tanzania

BMC Oral Health, 2010
Background There is a lack of studies considering social disparity in oral health emanating from adolescents in low-income countries. This study aimed to assess socio-demographic disparities in clinical- and self reported oral health status and a number ...
Astrom Anne N, Mashoto Kijakazi O, Skeie Marit S, Masalu Joyce R   +3 more
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Outcomes Among Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Cancer: A Scoping Review

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
The five-year survival rate of childhood cancer has increased substantially over the past 50 yr; however, racial/ethnic disparities in health outcomes of survival have not been systematically reviewed.
Tegan J. Reeves, Taylor J. Mathis, Hailey E. Bauer, Melissa M. Hudson, Melissa M. Hudson, Leslie L. Robison, Zhaoming Wang, Zhaoming Wang, Justin N. Baker, I-Chan Huang   +9 more
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