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An Examination of Racial Differences in Process and Outcome of Colorectal Cancer Care Quality Among Users of the Veterans Affairs Health Care System

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Our objective was to examine potential racial differences in CRC care timeliness in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. Using a national sample of white and African American men, we examined time from surgery to (1) adjuvant chemotherapy initiation (stages II-III disease); (2) surveillance colonoscopy (stages I-III disease), and (3) death (stages I-III disease). We identified no clinically meaningful racial differences in CRC care timeliness.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/254b-qs51

Authors: Zullig, Leah L., Weinberger, Morris, Carpenter, William R., Provenzale, Dawn, Reeve, Bryce B., Jackson, George L.

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cancer Institute