Inequity in selective referral to high-volume hospitals for genitourinary malignancies.

CONCLUSION: Across all procedures, patients with lower education status and lack of insurance were less likely to be treated at high-volume hospitals. For prostate cancer and bladder cancer, Black race was a negative predictor of treatment at high-volume hospitals. Further studies are needed to understand the root causes for this inequity.
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Source: Urologic Oncology - March 22, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Berg S, Tully KH, Sahraoui A, Tan WS, Krimphove MJ, Marchese M, Lipsitz SR, Noldus J, Trinh QD Tags: Urol Oncol Source Type: research