Association of Health-Care System and Survival in African American and Non-Hispanic White Patients With Bladder Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

African American patients with bladder cancer have inferior outcomes compared with non-Hispanic White (White) patients. We hypothesize that access to health care is a primary determinant of this disparity. We compared outcomes by race for patients with bladder cancer receiving care within the predominant hybrid-payer health-care model of the United States captured in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database with those receiving care within the equal-access model of the Veterans' Health Administration (VHA).

Methods

African American and White patients diagnosed with bladder cancer were identified in SEER and VHA. Stage at presentation, bladder cancer-specific mortality (BCM), and overall survival (OS) were compared by race within each health-

SUBMITTER: Kotha NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9002275 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature