2021
Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018
Mahajan S, Caraballo C, Lu Y, Valero-Elizondo J, Massey D, Annapureddy AR, Roy B, Riley C, Murugiah K, Onuma O, Nunez-Smith M, Forman HP, Nasir K, Herrin J, Krumholz HM. Trends in Differences in Health Status and Health Care Access and Affordability by Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999-2018. JAMA 2021, 326: 637-648. PMID: 34402830, PMCID: PMC8371573, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.9907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care accessFair health statusSelf-reported health statusCare accessHealth statusWhite individualsEthnic differencesLatino/HispanicNational Health Interview Survey dataSerial cross-sectional studySelf-reported functional limitationsBlack individualsHealth Interview Survey dataLow incomeCross-sectional studyCross-sectional survey studyInterview Survey dataSelf-reported raceSelf-report measuresMAIN OUTCOMEUS adultsFunctional limitationsPercentage of peopleSignificant decreaseAdults
2019
Income disparities in needle biopsy patients prior to breast cancer surgery across physician peer groups
Killelea BK, Herrin J, Soulos PR, Pollack CE, Forman HP, Yu J, Xu X, Tannenbaum S, Wang SY, Gross CP. Income disparities in needle biopsy patients prior to breast cancer surgery across physician peer groups. Breast Cancer 2019, 27: 381-388. PMID: 31792804, PMCID: PMC7512133, DOI: 10.1007/s12282-019-01028-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysician peer groupsLow-income patientsNeedle biopsyOdds ratioHigh-income patientsBreast cancer surgeryMethodsThe SurveillanceCancer surgeryIncome patientsMedicare databaseBiopsy patientsMedicare beneficiariesPatientsBiopsyLow incomeGroupDisparitiesReceiptEnd resultHigher incomeSurgeryPeer groupEpidemiologyFurther workGroup-level effects