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Purpose: Studies have found a variety of evidence regarding the association between residential segregation measures and health outcomes in the United States. Some have focused on any individuals living in residentially segregated places, whereas others have examined whether persons of specific races or ethnicities living in places with high segregation of their own race or ethnicity have differential outcomes. This article compares and contrasts these two approaches in the study of predictors of late-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnoses in a cross-national study. We argue that it is very important when interpreting results from studies like this to carefully consider the geographic scope of the analysis, which can significantly change the context and meaning of the results. Methods: We use US Cancer Statistics Registry data from 40 states to identify late-stage diagnoses among over 500,000 CRC cases diagnosed during 2004e2009. We pool data over the states and estimate a multilevel model with person, county, and state levels and a random intercepts specification to ensure robust effect estimates. The isolation index of residential segregation is defined for racial and ethnic gro

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Author
F. Simon
Publisher
Masson Editeur; Elsevier ; Elsevier Masson; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1879-7261)
Published
2020
Language
FR
Field
Medicine (Health Sciences)

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