TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pushing the envelope of disparity research to find modifiable factors: Comment on “residential segregation and lung cancer mortality in the united states”
AU  - Chang DC
Y1  - 2013/01/01
N1  - 10.1001/jamasurgery.2013.405
JO  - JAMA Surgery
SP  - 42
EP  - 43
VL  - 148
IS  - 1
N2  - 
Traditionally, clinical research has focused on patient factors, such as age, sex, comorbidities, and cancer staging. The fundamental problem with focusing on patient factors is that they are impossible to change. Herein lies the futility that many feel about disparity research. If poor outcomes are associated with certain ethnoracial groups, what can we do about it? We can't possibly change someone's race!

SN  - 2168-6254
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jamasurgery.2013.405
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamasurgery.2013.405
ER  -