Comments on: Hispanic Children Rarely Get Top-Notch Care For Brain Tumors https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:49:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Ryan https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548652 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:49:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548652 In the paper they did actually control for home income. According to the paper, the analysis was performed adjusting for “age, gender, race, Charlson Index score, insurance, income, proportion of foreign-born residents in county, density of neurosurgeons in county, and calendar year.”

Some of the interesting questions become: why DIDN’T controlling for insurance and income remove the effect? I think it lends some weight to Stephanie Z’s comment about the fuzzy factors that are hard to control for.

The causal link between racism and poverty (and poor health) is always tough to tease out. They all cause each other, so controlling for them can bias your results.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548651 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:04:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548651 There are likely also some cultural issues involved. Not all (i.e., very few) hospitals are set up to accommodate extended family visiting patients, waiting during surgery, staying nearby cheaply, etc. When community is considered essential to care of a child, this can make a big difference.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548650 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:57:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548650 Skeptifem: That’s the interconnected complex whole part.

]]> By: skeptifem https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548649 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:22:33 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548649 It is fair to say that racism is a cause of poverty though, isn’t it?

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548648 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:58:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548648 I’m sure poverty is a big factor. It is all interconnected.

]]> By: Katharine https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548647 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:55:11 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548647 And before you say anything, no, I am not trying to say racism isn’t a problem, because it IS.

I’m saying that Hispanic people are disproportionately poorer than we pale-faced Anglo-Germanic sorts, and that poor people get a lot of shit.

]]> By: Katharine https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548646 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:52:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/10/19/hispanic-children-rarely-get-t/#comment-548646 I think the issue is less ‘Hispanic’ and more ‘poor’.

]]>