Targeting social and economic correlates of cancer treatment appointment keeping among immigrant Chinese patients.
Chinese immigrants have high rates of a variety of cancers and face numerous social and economic barriers to cancer treatment appointment keeping. This study is a nested cohort of 82 Chinese patients participating in the Immigrant Cancer Portal Project. Twenty-two percent reported having missed appointments for oncology follow-up, radiation therapy, and/or chemotherapy. Patients most commonly reported needing assistance with financial support to enable appointment keeping. Efforts to further address social and economic correlates in cancer care should be developed for this population.
Center for Immigrant Health Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, OBV, CD-401, New York, NY 10016, USA. francesca.gany@nyumc.org
Francesca
F
Gany
Julia
J
Ramirez
Serena
S
Chen
Jennifer C F
JC
Leng
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001213:Asian; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology; D009518:New York; D057240:Patient Preference; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
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