Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Time to a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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Yamilé Molina · Chicago Department of Public Health

Abigail Silva · Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital

Garth H. Rauscher · University of Illinois Chicago

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Initial presentation of breast cancer at higher resourced facilities can reduce diagnostic delays. Disparities in delay are partly due to a disproportionate presentation at lower resourced facilities by minorities.

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Published in: Medical Care

Volume 53, Issue 10, pp. 872-878

DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000417

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