Disparities in access to a regular primary care physician among first-generation migrants with early psychosis in Ontario, Canada
Valdez C, Rodrigues R, Reid J, Anderson KK. Community Ment Health J. 2024; Apr 9 [Epub ahead of print].
The impact of socioeconomic status (SES) upon childhood cancer outcomes has not been extensively examined. Our objective was to determine the association between SES and event-free survival (EFS) among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) diagnosed in Ontario, Canada from 1995-2011 (N=1541) using Cox proportional hazards. Neither neighborhood-level median income quintile, distance from tertiary center, or rural residence significantly predicted EFS in the context of a universal healthcare system. Immigrant children experienced significantly superior EFS; confounding by ethnicity could not be ruled out. Confirmatory studies using additional individual-level SES variables are warranted.
Gupta S, Sutradhar R, Guttmann A, Sung L, Pole JD. Leuk Res. 2014; 38(12):1407-12. Epub 2014 Sep 1.
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