ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2015
Racial disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery: the role of hospital quality.
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- Patient and provider-level factors associated with changes in utilization of treatments in response to evidence on ineffectiveness or harm.International journal of health economics and management · 2020Article
- Assessing surgical care delivery at facilities caring for higher volumes of minority children utilizing the pediatric quality indicator for perforated appendicitis: a propensity-matched analysis.Pediatric surgery international · 2020Article
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Abstract
Patients from racial and ethnic minorities experience higher mortality after cardiac surgery compared to white patients, both during the early postoperative phase as well as long term. A number of factors likely explain poor outcomes in black and minority patients, which include differences in biology, comorbid health conditions, socioeconomic background, and quality of hospital care. Recent evidence suggests that a major factor underlying excess mortality in these groups is due to their over-representation in low-quality hospitals, where all patients regardless of race have worse outcomes. In this review, we examine the factors underlying racial disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery, with a primary focus on the role of hospital quality.
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