Associations of Social Deprivation and Oncology Physician Network Vulnerability With Acute Care Utilization in the SEER-Medicare Population

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Discusses the socioeconomic factors that correlate with acute care utilization among cancer patients, as well as the effect of regional specialist scarcity. Draws from Medicare data on patients with breast, lung, or colorectal cancer who have visited emergency departments or had non-elective hospitalizations and explores correlating social and regional factors, such as sex, rurality, social deprivation index score, and proximity to an oncology physician, among others.

Ashlee A. Korsberg, Gabriel A. Brooks, A. James O'Malley, et al.

Health Services Research, e70070

11/2025

Access · Cancer · Emergency department and urgent care services · Population health · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · Specialty care · Statistics and data