Hidden figures underlying quality measures: revealing hidden racial inequalities in end-of-life cancer care delivery: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Calls for healthcare systems to reduce disparities in cancer care access and outcomes draw on comparisons of existing measures across race and ethnicity subgroups. This approach may hide inequities driven by systematic bias in the timing of care delivery. The goals of this study were to: (1) identify differences in the timing of care delivery between racial groups, and (2) determine whether these differences could be identified from quality measures.

Methods

Retrospective decedent follow-back study of hospitals treating Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with advanced cancer aged 65-99 who died April-December 2016. Among hospitals serving at least 11 decedents of color (including Black or African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, American Indian/Alas

SUBMITTER: Khayal IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12171813 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature