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SynthesisJournal of the American College of Surgeons2019

Disparities in Surgical Access: A Systematic Literature Review, Conceptual Model, and Evidence Map.

Elzerie de Jager, Adele A Levine, N Rhea Udyavar, Helen R Burstin, Nizar Bhulani, David B Hoyt, Clifford Y Ko, Joel S Weissman, L D Britt, Adil H Haider and 1 more

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  17. Increased Rates of Unplanned Return to the Operating Room in Socioeconomically Deprived Orthopaedic Trauma Patient Populations.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2025
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Elzerie de JagerCenter for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Adele A LevineCenter for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
N Rhea UdyavarCenter for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Helen R BurstinCouncil of Medical Specialty Societies, Chicago, IL.
Nizar BhulaniCenter for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
David B HoytAmerican College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL.
Clifford Y KoAmerican College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL; Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Department of Surgery, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA.
Joel S WeissmanCenter for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
L D BrittDepartment of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA.
Adil H HaiderCenter for Surgery and Public Health, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
Melinda A Maggard-GibbonsDepartment of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: mmaggard@mednet.ucla.edu.

Funding

Developing Disparities-Sensitive Surgical Quality Metrics Across the Continuum of CareR01MD011695 · NIMHD · AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · PI BRITT, L. D. · 2017 to 2019
$2.4M
NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD011695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Healthcare DisparitiesHealth Services AccessibilitySurgical Procedures, OperativeHumansUnited States

Identifiers

PMID30803548
PMCPMC6391739

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