Low Socioeconomic Status at the Patient and Institutional Level Impact Achievement of Breast Cancer Quality Standards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The National Accreditation Program of Breast Centers (NAPBC) developed comprehensive, multidisciplinary standards to improve quality outcomes. We have previously shown that institutions treating larger proportions of breast cancer patients of low socioeconomic status (SES) achieve these benchmarks at lower rates. This study assesses whether a patient's SES interacts with an institution's SES mix in achieving the 2018 NAPBC standards.

Methods

Using the National Cancer Database, low SES patients were defined by insurance status, income and educational attainment, and low SES institutions were defined as the decile containing the largest proportion of low SES patients. Cohorts were created for each measurable NAPBC standard: breast-conserving surgery, sentinel lympha

SUBMITTER: HoSang KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12534247 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature