Experience with the US health care system for Black and White patients with advanced prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to assess differences in reported information about treatment, integration into care, and respect by self-identified Black and White individuals with advanced prostate cancer in the United States.

Patients and methods

This is a prospective cohort study of 701 participants (20% identifying as Black) enrolled in the International Registry for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer at 37 US sites from 2017 to 2022. Participants were asked six questions from the Cancer Australia National Cancer Control Indicators about their experience with care at study enrollment. Prevalence differences by self-reported race were estimated using marginal standardization of logistic-normal mixed effects models (adjusted for age at enrollment and disease state

SUBMITTER: Rencsok EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10524970 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature