Black Medicare beneficiaries who underwent elective cancer surgery had higher rates of mortality than their white counterparts, irrespective of neighborhood deprivation or dual eligibility status, according to study results.
The findings, presented at Society of Surgical Oncology International 2022 Conference on Surgical Cancer Care, also showed a more pronounced effect of race among those with more resources, and associations of high deprivation levels with higher mortality among both white and Black beneficiaries.
“One of the more interesting findings in our study was that