Surgery for colorectal cancer: Race-related differences in rates and survival among Medicare beneficiaries.
G S Cooper,
Z Yuan,
C S Landefeld and
A A Rimm
Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
This study examined surgery for colorectal cancer among Medicarebeneficiaries 65 years of age or older with an initial diagnosisin 1987 (n = 81 579). Black patients were less likely than Whiteto undergo surgical resection (68% vs 78%), even after age,comorbidity, and location and extent of tumor were controlledfor. Among those who underwent resection, Black patients weremore likely to die (a 2-year mortality rate of 40.0% vs 33.5%in White patients); this disparity also remained after confoundershad been controlled. The disparities were similar in teachingand nonteaching hospitals and in private and public hospitals.These data may indicate racially based differences among Medicarebeneficiaries in access to and quality of care for colorectalcancer.
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