Contemporary Area-Level Mortgage Loan Denial Risk and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Historical and contemporary mortgage lending practices have been associated with worse cancer outcomes. We estimated the association between mortgage loan denial risk and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among survivors at a large tertiary medical center in North Carolina (NC).

Methods

Mortgage denial risk, calculated using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data (2010-2014), was linked by census tract to UNC Cancer Survivorship Cohort survivors who resided within NC metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). HRQoL was measured using the validated Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G). Differences in well-being across seven MSAs were assessed using Pearson chi-square tests and modified Poisson regression models adjusted for demographic and socioecon

SUBMITTER: Brown JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12710087 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature