Racial disparities in acute care utilization among individuals with myasthenia gravis
Racial disparities significantly impacted acute care utilization in the first 2 years post-MG diagnosis. Future studies should aim to examine specific factors that may contribute to disparities such as barriers to healthcare access, greater severity of MG symptoms, and poorly controlled disease.
Authors
- Charlotte Hammerbeck-Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0178-4199)
- Deborah Gelinas
- Pushpa Narayanaswami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9412-7349)
- Jeffrey T. Guptill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0312-0716)
- Ashley Anderson
- Rupesh Panchal
- Glenn Phillips
- Amit Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5427-7852)
- Dakshinamoorthy Amirthaganesan
- Cynthia Z. Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9096-3570)
- Yuebing Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4248-8927)
Institutions
- Houston Methodist (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- MDS Associates (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1448803
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.56