Racial Disparities in the Utilization of Recommended Supportive Care Among Patients with Multiple Myeloma in the United States
Giri S, Zhu W, Wang R, Zeidan A, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A, Huntington S. Racial Disparities in the Utilization of Recommended Supportive Care Among Patients with Multiple Myeloma in the United States. Blood 2018, 132: 978. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-119791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSupportive care measuresMultiple myelomaInfluenza vaccinationMM therapySupportive careCare measuresFlu seasonAntiviral prophylaxisComorbidity burdenMedicare beneficiariesPre-existing chronic kidney diseaseContinuous Medicare Parts ANon-Hispanic black ethnicityMultivariable logistic regression modelRacial disparitiesHigher comorbidity burdenLower comorbidity burdenNovel MM therapiesSupportive care therapySupportive care useEnd Results-MedicareTreatment-related toxicityChronic kidney diseaseProportion of patientsYear of diagnosis