Hospital Accreditation Status and Treatment Differences Among Black Patients With Colon Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hospital-level factors, such as hospital type or volume, have been demonstrated to play a role in treatment disparities for Black patients with cancer. However, data evaluating the association of hospital accreditation status with differences in treatment among Black patients with cancer are lacking.

Objective

To evaluate the association of Commission on Cancer (CoC) hospital accreditation status with receipt of guideline-concordant care and mortality among non-Hispanic Black patients with colon cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study used the National Program of Cancer Registries, which is a multicenter database with data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and covers 97% of the cancer population in the US.

SUBMITTER: Chan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11339660 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature