Disparities in overall survival in patients with melanoma by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and healthcare systems Disparities in overall survival in patients with melanoma

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Amanda Rosenthal, MD
Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Shivani Reddy, MD
California Skin Institute, Mountain View, CA

Joanie Chung
Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California; Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (TH), Los Angeles, CA

Christina Kim, MD
Department of Dermatology, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Robert Cooper, MD
Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Reina Haque, PhD
Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California; Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; ORCID: 0000-0001-8563-3330; Department of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Keywords

melanoma, disparities, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, healthcaresystems, integrated healthcare system

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Jan 17, 2022
DOI https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.6.1.8

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Rosenthal, MD, A., Reddy, MD, S., Chung, J., Kim, MD, C., Cooper, MD, R., & Haque, PhD, R. (2022). Disparities in overall survival in patients with melanoma by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and healthcare systems: Disparities in overall survival in patients with melanoma. SKIN The Journal of Cutaneous Medicine, 6(1), 44–47. https://doi.org/10.25251/skin.6.1.8
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Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022)
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Research Letters
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