African-American and white head and neck carcinoma patients in a university medical center setting. Are treatments provided and are outcomes similar or disparate?

摘要: Racial and ethnic disparities occur in many areas of the health care management system United States. These include disease incidence, access to medical services, treatments provided, outcomes. Health delivery organizations have limited resources. Encounters between patients providers typically are cross-cultural. Access care, quality equity may be affected by resources cross-cultural encounters. This impacts diagnosis, outcomes, with African-American faring poorly compared white patients. African Americans 15% more likely develop cancer than whites about 34% die The purpose this study was determine compare characteristics carcinoma head neck at University Cincinnati Medical Center, an equal-access facility, reporting similarities stage time treatment received, patient