Roselline Achola, Lynn Atuyambe, Elizabeth Nabiwemba, Makumbi Fredrick, Christopher Garimoi Orach
Factors associated with family planning use among refugee and host populations in Adjumani district, West Nile, Uganda: a comparative study
BMC public health
multiple myeloma mm therapeutics evolved tremendously recent years significant improvement patient outcomes newer treatment options developed stem cell transplant sct remains important modality provides excellent disease control delays progression disease years sct use increased overall us two distinct gaps remain including suboptimal use overall racialethnic disparities evaluated national cancer database ncdb study sociodemographic factors might play role within given racialethnic group leading disparate sct utilization targeted approaches developed optimize sct use nearly 112000 cases belonging mutually exclusive categories nonhispanic whites nhw nonhispanic blacks nhb hispanics nonhispanic asians nha others found certain factors including age comorbidity index payor type facility type academic vs community facility volume uniformly associated sct use racialethnic groups gender significant groups several factors differential impact sct utilization among various raceethnicity groups studied including year diagnosis significant nhw nhb hispanics income level significant nhw hispanics literacy level significant nhw nhb geographic location treatment facility significant nhw nha suboptimal sct utilization overall us suggests may room improvement even including majority nhw continue work factors lead disparities traditionally underserved populations study helps identify sociodemographic factors may play role specifically group paves way devise targeted solutions resource utilization impact maximized