Sentences with phrase «black patients receiving»
The authors also concluded that there was no evidence of a lower likelihood of black patients receiving a cardiac stress test with imaging (odds ratio, 0.91 [95 % CI, 0.69 to 1.21]-RRB- than their white counterparts — although some modest evidence of disparity in Hispanic patients was found (odds ratio, 0.75 [CI, 0.55 to 1.02]-RRB-.
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The researchers used electronic medical record databases and insurance claims to determine rates of diagnoses, prescription of psychotropic medications and formal psychotherapy sessions received by white, Asian, black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian / other Pacific Islander, Native American / Alaskan Native and mixed - race patients.
Among black kidney failure patients undergoing dialysis, women are much less likely than men to want to receive kidney transplants from living donors, despite more offers from family and friends.
The researchers noted that black patients typically received chemotherapy four days later than white patients.
Among HIV - positive patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, a new study finds that blacks are significantly less likely than whites to receive treatment for the cancer, even though chemotherapy saves lives.
As St. Ange discovered during her online search, 52 % of non-Hispanic black patients and 26 % of Hispanic patients receive an initial diagnosis of advanced stage melanoma, versus 16 % of non-Hispanic white patients, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.