Impact of patient navigation in eliminating economic disparities in cancer care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient navigation may reduce cancer disparities associated with socioeconomic status (SES) and household factors. This study examined whether these factors were associated with delays in diagnostic resolution among patients with cancer screening abnormalities and whether patient navigation ameliorated these delays.

Methods

This study analyzed data from 5 of 10 centers of the National Cancer Institute's Patient Navigation Research Program, which collected SES and household data on employment, income, education, housing, marital status, and household composition. The primary outcome was the time to diagnostic resolution after a cancer screening abnormality. Separate adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were fit for each SES and household factor, and an interacti

SUBMITTER: Rodday AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4635033 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature