The role of spatially-derived access-to-care characteristics in melanoma prevention and control in Los Angeles county |
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Affiliation: | 1. Division of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy;2. Institute of Liver Studies, King''s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom;3. Department of Surgery, Transplant Division, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | Among 10,068 incident cases of invasive melanoma, we examined the effects of patient characteristics and access-to-care on the risk of advanced melanoma. Access-to-care was defined in terms of census tract-level sociodemographics, health insurance, cost of dermatological services and appointment wait-times, clinic density and travel distance. Public health insurance and education level were the strongest predictors of advanced melanomas but were modified by race/ethnicity and poverty: Hispanic whites and high-poverty neighborhoods were worse off than non-Hispanic whites and low-poverty neighborhoods. Targeting high-risk, underserved Hispanics and high-poverty neighborhoods (easily identified from existing data) for early melanoma detection may be a cost-efficient strategy to reduce melanoma mortality. |
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Keywords: | Melanoma High-risk population Cancer surveillance data Health care accessibility Minority groups |
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