SMJ articles in the category "socioeconomic status"

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Neighborhood Ecologies, Cases, and Deaths during the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Current and Future Epidemics?

Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected Black and Latinx communities. Ecologic analyses have shown that counties with a higher percentage of Latinx and Black people have worse COVID-19 outcome rates. Few ecologic analyses have been published at the neighborhood (census tract) level. We sought to determine…

Posted in: COVID-19 55 disparities 16 race/ethnicity 6 socioeconomic status 7

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Late-Stage Melanoma: Be Sure to Screen Uninsured, Unmarried Men

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess for any associations between individual and social factors and late-stage melanoma in Kentucky from 1995 to 2013. Methods: The study combines three datasets: individual-level data from the Kentucky Cancer Registry, census tract–level data from the US Census, and county-level physician licensure…

Posted in: insurance status 3 malignant melanoma 2 socioeconomic status 7

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Contemporary Geographic Variation and Sociodemographic Correlates of Hysterectomy Rates Among Reproductive-Age Women

Objective: For decades hysterectomy rates have famously demonstrated unexplained geographic variation. The aim of this study was to identify county-level correlates of hysterectomy rates among reproductive-age women. Methods: Using county-level data from multiple sources, linked with claims-based surveillance data of every hysterectomy performed among women ages 20 to 44 in…

Posted in: geographic variation 3 hysterectomy 6 reproductive health 9 socioeconomic status 7

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Cancer in Relation to Socioeconomic Status: Stage at Diagnosis in Texas, 2004–2008

Objectives: To determine whether stage of cancer diagnosis was associated with the socioeconomic status (SES) of the census tract where the patient resides, and to assess whether this is modified by race, ethnicity, or urban/rural residence, other factors known to affect cancer diagnosis stage. Methods: Using 2004–2008 data from the…

Posted in: disparities 16 race and ethnicity 3 socioeconomic status 7

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Socioeconomic Disparities in Prostate Cancer Mortality and the Impact of Geographic Scale

Objective: To examine socioeconomic disparities in prostate cancer mortality and to assess the scale effect on the results of the disparity analysis. Methods: Using prostate cancer mortality data (N = 14,036) of Texas from 1996 to 2004, this study examines the variations of socioeconomic disparities in prostate cancer mortality across…

Posted in: cancer disparity 2 prostate cancer 7 socioeconomic status 7

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Infant Health Outcomes Associated with Voluntary Health Care Model Change in a Choice-Based Medicaid System

Background:Medicaid health plan enrollment changes may be a barrier to optimal care and may increase costs.Methods:Data represented 45,768 infants enrolled in Medicaid in South Carolina, 2000–2002. We examined associations between health plan changes and preventive health care, sick infant doctor visits, emergency department (ED) visits, and hospitalizations.Results:In adjusted results, compared…

Posted in: ambulatory care sensitive conditions 2 Medicaid 13 socioeconomic status 7

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Population-based Study of the Geographic Variation in Colon Cancer Incidence in Alabama: Relationship to Socioeconomic Status Indicators and Physician Density

Objectives: The objective of this population-based study was to examine the relationship between race, socioeconomic characteristics (socioeconomic status, SES), physician density, and colon cancer incidence in Alabama. Methods: Data for 5,788 colon cancer cases from 1996 to 1999 provided by the Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry are linked to county-level measures…

Posted in: colon cancer 6 disparities 16 incidence 6 race 15 socioeconomic status 7
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