Inequities in referrals to a breast cancer risk assessment and prevention clinic: a mixed methods study
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BACKGROUND: Inequitable access to personalized breast cancer screening and prevention may compound racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes. The Breast Cancer Personalized Risk Assessment, Education and Prevention (B-PREP) program, located within the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) Comprehensive Breast Health Center (BHC), provides care to patients at high risk for developing breast cancer. We sought to characterize the differences between BWH primary care patients referred specifically to B-PREP for risk evaluation and those referred to the BHC for benign breast conditions. Through interviews with primary care clinicians, we sought to explore contributors to potentially inequitable B-PREP referral patterns. METHODS: We used electronic health record data and the B-PREP clinical database to identify patients referred by primary care clinicians to the BHC or B-PREP between 2017 and 2020. We examined associations with likelihood of referral to B-PREP for risk assessment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine primary care clinicians from six clinics to explore referral patterns. RESULTS: Of 1789 patients, 78.0% were referred for benign breast conditions, and 21.5% for risk assessment. In multivariable analyses, Black individuals were less likely to be referred for risk than for benign conditions (OR 0.38, 95% CI:0.23-0.63) as were those with Medicaid/Medicare (OR 0.72, 95% CI:0.53-0.98; OR 0.52, 95% CI:0.27-0.99) and those whose preferred language was not English (OR 0.26, 95% CI:0.12-0.57). Interviewed clinicians described inconsistent approaches to risk assessment and variable B-PREP awareness. CONCLUSIONS: In this single-site evaluation, among individuals referred by primary care clinicians for specialized breast care, Black, publicly-insured patients, and those whose preferred language was not English were less likely to be referred for risk assessment. Larger studies are needed to confirm these findings. Interventions to standardize breast cancer risk assessment in primary care may improve equity.
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- Titre Crossref
- Inequities in referrals to a breast cancer risk assessment and prevention clinic: a mixed methods study
- Date Crossref
- 25/08/2023
- Éditeur
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Type
- journal-article
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Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Surgery pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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Harvard University pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Medical Oncology pays non établi dans la noticeStructure de recherche
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Cancer Genetics (United States) pays non établi dans la noticeEntreprise
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Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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Northeastern University Department of Health Sciences pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Comprehensive Breast Health Center pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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Department of Surgery — Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University et Department of Medical Oncology — Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, avec 8 autres affiliations.
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