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. 2015 Jul;105(Suppl 3):e4–e15. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302490

TABLE 3—

Effect of Race on Endocrine Therapy Use Among Eligible Included Studies

First Author Outcome Disparity Data Source Population (% African American)
Partridge19 Adherence White > non-White Pharmacy claims NJ Medicaid and NJ PAAD program (17%a)
Riley22 Adherence White > African Americanb Pharmacy claims Medicare (6%)
Kimmick60 Initiation No significant association Pharmacy claims NC Medicaid (41%a)
Persistence No significant association
Adherence No significant association
Liu81 Persistence Less acculturated Hispanic > White Self-report CA Medicaid: CA Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program (6%)
Livaudais82 Initiation NHW > Hispanic, NHW > Chinese Pharmacy claims KPNC (6%)
Livaudais84 Initiation Asian > NHW, African Americanc Self-report NCBCF (11%)
Livaudais83 Initiation, persistence No significant association Self-report WHI study (4%)
Wheeler87 Initiation No significant association Pharmacy claims NC Medicaid (53%a)
Bhatta78 Adherence No significant association Self-report University of Chicago Hospital (31.5%)
Persistence Self-report and medical record review
Compliance
Reeder-Hayes85 Initiation White > African American Pharmacy claims Privately insured (11%)
Friese80 Initiation African American and Latina > White Self-report LA County and metropolitan Detroit SEER regions (14.2%)
Persistence No significant association
Bickell79 Initiation White > Black, Hispanic Medical record review 6 NYC hospitals (21%)

Note. CA = California; LA = Los Angeles; NC = North Carolina; NHW = Non-Hispanic White; NJ = New Jersey; KPNC = Kaiser Permanente of Northern California; NCBCF = Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry; NYC = New York City; PAAD = Pharmaceutical Assistance to the Aged and Disabled; SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results; WHI = Women’s Health Initiative.

a

% non-White.

b

Only among women without the low-income subsidy.

c

Only among women with suspected hereditary breast cancer.