Healthcare Access Dimensions and Racial Disparities in End-of-Life Care Quality among Ovarian Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the association between healthcare access (HCA) dimensions and racial disparities in end-of-life (EOL) care quality among Non-Hispanic Black (NHB), Non-Hispanic White (NHW), and Hispanic patients with ovarian cancer (OC). This retrospective cohort study used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-linked Medicare data for women diagnosed with OC from 2008-2015, ages 65 years and older. Healthcare affordability, accessibility, and availability measures were assessed at the census-tract or regional levels, and associations between these measures and the quality of EOL care were examined using multivariable-adjusted regression models, as appropriate. The final sample included 4,646 women (mean age (SD), 77.5 (7.0) years); 87.4% NHW, 6.9% NHB, and 5.7% Hi

SUBMITTER: Karanth S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946308 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature