Racial and ethnic differences in the utilization of autologous transplantation for lymphoma in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial/ethnic disparities in the utilization of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) have been reported for patients with hematologic malignancies, but population-based data are lacking for lymphoma patients. The objective of this study was to determine whether racial and ethnic disparities exist in the utilization of autologous HCT for lymphoma in the United States.

Method

We used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data linked to Medicare fee-for-service claims. We included Medicare beneficiaries aged 66+ years with Hodgkin or Non-Hodgkin lymphomas diagnosed between 2008 and 2015. The primary outcome was time-to-autologous HCT. We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate racial/ethnic differences in utilization. Missing data were handled usin

SUBMITTER: Vaughn JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8525101 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature