Historical Redlining, Persistent Mortgage Discrimination, and Race in Breast Cancer Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Inequities created by historical and contemporary mortgage discriminatory policies have implications for health disparities. The role of persistent mortgage discrimination (PMD) in breast cancer (BC) outcomes has not been studied.

Objective

To estimate the race-specific association of historical redlining (HRL) with the development of BC subtypes and late-stage disease and a novel measure of PMD in BC mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study used Georgia Cancer Registry data. A total of 1764 non-Hispanic Black and White women with a BC diagnosis and residing in an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) in Georgia were included. Patients were excluded if they did not have a known subtype or a derived Am

SUBMITTER: Miller-Kleinhenz JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879950 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature