ArticleWorld journal of surgery2008
Disparities in oncologic surgery.
Article in World journal of surgery, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Quality improvement interventions in surgical oncology: systematic review of international studies.BJS open · 2026Pooled it
- Healthcare Disparities in Spine Oncology: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Review
- Racial Disparities in Surgical Oncologic Research Funding and Impact on Diverse Populations.Journal of surgical oncology · 2024Review
- Analysis of Patient Outcomes following Curative R0 Multiorgan Resections for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Something's got to give: How do we improve care for minorities, dual-eligible medicare, and disadvantaged patients?American journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Racial Disparities in Perioperative Morbidity Following Oncological Spine Surgery.Global spine journal · 2023Article
- Changes in Racial Disparities in Mortality After Cancer Surgery in the US, 2007-2016.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- Impact of insurance on hospital course and readmission after resection of benign meningioma.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2020Article
- Racial and socioeconomic correlates of treatment and survival among patients with meningioma: a population-based study.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2020Article
- The role of unconscious bias in surgical safety and outcomes.The Surgical clinics of North America · 2012Review
- Disparities in access to basic laparoscopic surgery at U.S. academic medical centers.Surgical endoscopy · 2011Article
- The population-based oncological health care study OVIS - recruitment of the patients and analysis of the non-participants.BMC cancer · 2008Article
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Abstract
Surgical oncology is one of the most frequently studied surgical specialties with regard to disparities in quality of care. There is variation in the care received according to nonclinical factors such as age, race and ethnicity, education, income, and even geographic region. Differences exist with regard to who gets treatment, what treatment is received, and the outcomes of those treatments. Although the existence of such disparities is no longer in doubt, the etiology is still being investigated. Ongoing research and quality improvement initiatives move beyond the mere description of existing disparities in one of three ways: (1) identifying and understanding the factors that lead to disparities; (2) advancing available methods to measure and track disparities; and (3) developing an approach to improvement. In this article, we start out by offering a framework to describe potential factors that lead to disparities, using examples from surgical oncology. We then describe the approaches to measuring and tracking disparities that are being used in research and quality improvement. Finally, we attempt to illustrate how all of these factors interact and offer some potential strategies to close the gap and alleviate disparities within the discipline.
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