Disease characteristics and healthcare utilization patterns in advantaged and disadvantaged patients with multiple sclerosis

The aim of this project is to understand how disadvantaged people experience MS by identifying differences in healthcare use along with environmental variables, such as, characteristics of the healthcare system, environment, and community-level factors, and individual characteristics, such as. , demographic and social factors among disadvantaged persons with MS compared to advantaged counterparts. The long term goal of this research is to develop disease management treatments specific to disadvantaged persons with MS.