Racial and ethnic differences in patient navigation: Results from the Patient Navigation Research Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient navigation was developed to address barriers to timely care and reduce cancer disparities. The current study explored navigation and racial and ethnic differences in time to the diagnostic resolution of a cancer screening abnormality.

Methods

The authors conducted an analysis of the multisite Patient Navigation Research Program. Participants with an abnormal cancer screening test were allocated to either navigation or control. The unadjusted median time to resolution was calculated for each racial and ethnic group by navigation and control. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were fit, adjusting for sex, age, cancer abnormality type, and health insurance and stratifying by center of care.

Results

Among a sample of 7514 participants, 29% we

SUBMITTER: Ko NY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4992408 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature