Open AccessHealthcare Utilization Disparities Among Lung Cancer Patients in US Hospitals During 2010–2014: Evidence from the US Hispanic Population’s Hospital Charges and Length of Stay
Author(s) -
Sun Jung Kim,
Mar Medina,
Rigoberto Delgado,
Anastasia Miller,
J.C.S. Chang
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s348159
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , health care , demography , ethnic group , cancer , healthcare cost and utilization project , multivariate analysis , population , health equity , family medicine , descriptive statistics , gerontology , environmental health , public health , pathology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
There is a lack of research focused on understanding the differences in the healthcare utilization of lung cancer patients between ethnic groups. This study aims to characterize disparities in healthcare utilization for Hispanic lung cancer patients compared to non-Hispanic patients.