Sentences with phrase «racial minority patients»

The study also found that racial minority patients with a strong desire for testing were less likely than white patients to discuss it with a professional, even though studies show that minority patients are not at lower risk for these mutations.

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«Only one - third of patients diagnosed with depression start treatment: Likelihood of beginning treatment is especially low among ethnic and racial minorities and the elderly.»

As to the reason why certain racial and ethnic minorities have poorer rates of treatment for cardiovascular disease and generally have poorer cardiovascular health outcomes compared to white patients, Dr. Ladapo concludes that no one has really explored whether there could be disparities in cardiac stress testing, which is a mainstay of diagnosing patients with heart disease in this country.

March 17, 2016 Shared decision - making can improve health care outcomes for LGBTQ racial and ethnic minority patients Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) patients who are also racial and ethnic minorities suffer significant health disparities, while facing more complicated challenges than white LGBTQ or racial and ethnic minority patients alone.

Is post-transplant cyclophosphamide — based haploidentical donor transplantation appropriate for racial and ethnic minority patients with hematologic cancers?

Older patients and white patients were less likely to try psychotherapy compared to younger (18 to 29) people and racial and ethnic minorities.

Those applicants who are ethnic / racial minority, sexual orientation minority, immigrants, and / or who work for underserved, financially struggling patient populations are given priority in receiving the DS.

Patient characteristic items assessed proportion of the physician's practice population that were pediatric, racial / ethnic minorities, unfunded / publicly funded, and had mental health or behavioral presenting problems.