[Health Care Access] Black patients with ovarian cancer had lower-quality end-of-life care, study says
04/23/24 at 02:30 AM
[Health Care Access] Black patients with ovarian cancer had lower-quality end-of-life care, study says
American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), by Brooke McCormick; 4/21/24
Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) patients with ovarian cancer (OC) received lower-quality end-of-life (EOL) care than non-Hispanic White (NHW) patients, according to a study published in Cancer Research Communications. ... Although trends and disparities in EOL care among patients with OC are well documented, the researchers noted that the role of health care access (HCA) in quality EOL care has not been well characterized; HCA is comprised of 5 distinct, interrelated care access dimensions, namely affordability, availability, accessibility, accommodation, and acceptability.