Inequities in Access to Care and Health Care Spending for Asian Americans With Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asian Americans have lower cancer screening rates than non-Latino "Whites," suggesting inequities in cancer prevention among Asian Americans. Little is known about inequities in cancer treatment between Whites and Asian Americans with cancer.

Methods

Using the 2002-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, we examined inequities in access to care and health care spending between Whites and Asian Americans with and without cancer. Our outcomes included 3 measures of access to care and 3 measures of health care spending. We used multivariable regressions while adjusting for predisposing, enabling, and need factors and estimated the mean adjusted values of the outcomes for each group. We then examined the differences in these adjusted mean outcomes among Asian Americans

SUBMITTER: Park S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8119364 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature