Disparities in Amputations in Minorities

Disparities in Cancer Care Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Cancer has an impact on racial and ethnic minorities in distinctive ways. For men, African-Americans have the highest cancer incidence and mortality, followed by whites and Hispanics. For women, whites have the highest incidence, but African-Americans have the highest mortality, followed by whites, Native Americans/Alaskan Natives, and Hispanics.[3,4] Disparities between incidence and mortality...

Disparities in cancer care among racial and ethnic minorities.

The 2005 National Health Disparities Report found disparities related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in the United States health-care system. While varying in magnitude, disparities were observed in almost all aspects of health care including cancer. Disparities were noted across quality and access to health care, levels and types of health care, various health-care settings, and ...

Do differences in hospital and surgeon quality explain racial disparities in lower-extremity vascular amputations?

OBJECTIVE To understand whether racial disparities in surgery for lower-extremity arterial disease are minimized by high-quality providers, or instead, differential treatment of otherwise similar patients pervades all settings. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Black patients are substantially more likely than whites to undergo amputation rather than revascularization for lower-extremity arterial disea...

Disparities in level of amputation among minorities: implications for improved preventative care.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between race and level of amputation and to discuss the implications if a disparity was found. METHODS From the 2003 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 80845 (weighted) discharges with a diagnosis of vascular disease and black or white race were evaluated for a disparity in level of amputation. Lev...

Highlighting Health Disparities in Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Other Underserved Populations.