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ArticleHealth equity2023

Racial Differences in Vascular Assessment Prior to Amputation in the Veterans Health Administration.

Olamide Alabi, Kelly J Hunt, Rachel E Patzer, Tabia Henry Akintobi, Nader N Massarweh

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Article in Health equity, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Olamide AlabiSurgical and Perioperative Care, Atlanta VA Health Care System, Decatur, Georgia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-9938
Kelly J HuntCharleston Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center (HEROIC), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Rachel E PatzerHealth Services Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Tabia Henry AkintobiDepartment of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Nader N MassarwehSurgical and Perioperative Care, Atlanta VA Health Care System, Decatur, Georgia, USA.
Emory University · USMedical University of South Carolina · USMorehouse School of Medicine · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: It is unclear whether disparities in the care provided before lower extremity amputation (LEA) is driven by differences in receipt of diagnostic work-up versus revascularization attempts. Methods: We performed a national cohort study of Veterans who underwent LEA between March 2010 and February 2020 to assess receipt of vascular assessment with arterial imaging and/or revascularization in the year prior to LEA. Results: Among 19,396 veterans (mean age 66.8 years; 26.6% Black), Black veterans had diagnostic procedures more often than White veterans (47.5% vs. 44.5%) and revascularization as often (25.8% vs. 24.5%). Conclusion: We must identify patient and facility-level factors associated with LEA as disparities do not appear related to differences in attempted revascularization.

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amputationperipheral artery diseasequality of careracial disparitiesvascular assessment

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PMID37284536
PMCPMC10240309
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