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- - This study explores whether community-level social determinants of health (SDoH) impact the outcomes of acoustic neuroma more significantly than individual-level factors by analyzing data from over 23,000 patients diagnosed between 2010 and 2018.
- - Researchers used statistical models to examine how community-level socioeconomic status (SES) and other factors influenced treatment delays, type of treatment received, and overall survival rates among these patients.
- - Findings revealed that lower community-level SES was linked to higher all-cause mortality and less likelihood of receiving advanced treatments like stereotactic radiotherapy, emphasizing the negative role of community-level SDoH on patient care compared to individual factors.
Article Abstract
Objective: This investigation aims to determine whether community-level social determinants of health (SDoH) influenced acoustic neuroma outcomes more profoundly than individual-level SDoH through the use of multivariate models and census-level socioeconomic status (SES) measures.
Study Design: Observational, retrospective cohort study. Setting: Specially Authorized Head-Neck SEER 2020 Dataset.
Patients: 23,330 adult (20+ yr) patients diagnosed with acoustic neuroma from 2010 to 2018.
Main Outcome Measures: Age-adjusted multivariate regressions and hazard models were performed for individual level (sex, race-ethnicity) and community-level factors (Yost Index-SES, rurality-urbanicity) to assess for differences in acoustic neuroma treatment, including delay of intervention, treatment receipt, and overall survival.
Results: Lower Yost-SES/community-level SES had a markedly positive association with an increase in all-cause mortality (HR, 1.55; 95% CI, 1.41-1.71) and negative association with stereotactic radiotherapy treatment (OR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.86-0.99; p = 0.040). Patients with poor Yost-SES had a significantly positive association with receipt of surgical resection (OR, 1.13; 95% CI, 1.07-1.20; p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Data generated from this investigation suggest that community-level SDoH, particularly Yost-SES, have more detrimental care and prognostic disparities in acoustic neuroma treatment compared with individual-level factors.
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