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.
journal_name
World J Surgjournal_title
World journal of surgeryauthors
Greenberg CC,Weeks JC,Stain SCdoi
10.1007/s00268-007-9383-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-04-01 00:00:00pages
522-8issue
4eissn
0364-2313issn
1432-2323journal_volume
32pub_type
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-016-3791-8
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-018-4548-3
更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-002-6659-z
更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-014-2579-y
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/BF02067389
更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-007-9442-3
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002689900118
更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-019-05165-x
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-019-05034-7
更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-005-0750-1
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002689900195
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00268-016-3519-9
更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-018-4691-x
更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF01659032
更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-012-1585-1
更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s002680010203
更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-012-1615-z
更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-020-05859-7
更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-013-2440-8
更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-009-0220-2
更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-012-1789-4
更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-012-1453-z
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF02067013
更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-004-7290-y
更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002689900631
更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-018-4510-4
更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002689900033
更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-014-2879-2
更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00
