Association between Improved Colorectal Screening and Racial Disparities

In this study involving non-Hispanic Black members and non-Hispanic White members of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health plan from 2000 through 2019, colorectal cancer screening increased markedly among both Black members and White members, and racial disparities in colorectal cancer in...

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Published in:The New England journal of medicine Vol. 386; no. 8; pp. 796 - 798
Main Authors: Doubeni, Chyke A, Corley, Douglas A, Zhao, Wei, Lau, YanKwan, Jensen, Christopher D, Levin, Theodore R
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 24.02.2022
Subjects:
Age
and Inclusion
Black or African American - statistics & numerical data
Black people
California - epidemiology
Cancer
Cancer screening
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine General
Colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal carcinoma
Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Colorectal Neoplasms - ethnology
Colorectal Neoplasms - mortality
Diversity
Early Detection of Cancer
Equity
Ethnicity
Feces
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology General
Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer
Health disparities
Health Status Disparities
Healthcare Disparities
Hematology
Hispanic people
Humans
Incidence
Medical screening
Mortality
Oncology
Race
White people
White People - statistics & numerical data
California
United States > US
ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Summary:In this study involving non-Hispanic Black members and non-Hispanic White members of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health plan from 2000 through 2019, colorectal cancer screening increased markedly among both Black members and White members, and racial disparities in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality were virtually eliminated.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2112409