ReviewAnnals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches2025
Safety Net Hospitals and the Quality of Surgical Care.
Review in Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the number of safety net hospitals (SNHs) that have American College of Surgeons (ACS) accreditation for surgical programs. Background: SNHs provide healthcare to a substantial proportion of uninsured and underserved patient populations and rely heavily on public funding to sustain their operations. ACS accreditation emphasizes evidence-based care and standardization to improve patient outcomes. However, SNHs face financial and administrative barriers to ACS accreditation. Methods: We investigated the number of SNHs with ACS accreditation for specific programs by utilizing the publicly available listing of ACS-accredited programs and the listing of SNHs from the America's Essential Hospitals membership. We then performed a descriptive analysis of the number and geographic distribution of SNHs within the United States and the number of SNHs with ACS-accredited programs. Results: SNHs vary by regional disparities and demographic characteristics of respective states. Almost 20% of states are without access to SNHs. Most SNHs do not pursue ACS accreditation. Of 322 SNHs, 36% were accredited for cancer care (Commission on Cancer), 31% for trauma (Trauma Quality Improvement Program), 21% for bariatrics (Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program), 13% for breast care (National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers), and 5% for rectal cancer (National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer). Conclusions: ACS accreditation can benefit SNHs in improving guideline-concordant care for medically underserved patients and SNHs should be encouraged to attain ACS accreditation to improve access to and quality of care for vulnerable patient populations.
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