Open AccessCan Regionalization of Care Reduce Socioeconomic Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival?
Author(s) -
Ann B. Nattinger,
Nicole Rademacher,
Emily L. McGinley,
Nina A. Bickell,
Liliana E. Pezzin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001456
Subject(s) - medicaid , breast cancer , medicine , socioeconomic status , demography , breast conserving surgery , health equity , cancer , gerontology , health care , environmental health , mastectomy , public health , population , nursing , sociology , economics , economic growth
Breast cancer patients of low socioeconomic status (SES) have worse survival than more affluent women and are also more likely to undergo surgery in low-volume facilities. Since breast cancer patients treated in high-volume facilities have better survival, regionalizing the care of low SES patients toward high-volume facilities might reduce SES disparities in survival.