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OBJECTIVE:To determine whether black patients have higher odds of readmission than white patients after major surgery, and to ascertain whether these disparities are related to where black patients receive care. BACKGROUND:Racial disparities are known to exist for many aspects of surgical care. However, it is unknown if disparities exist in readmissions after a surgical procedure, an area which is becoming a prime focus for clinical leaders and policymakers. METHODS:Using national Medicare data from 2007 to 2010, we examined 30-day readmissions for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, pulmonary lobectomy, endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, colectomy, and hip replacement. The main outcome measure was risk-adjusted odds of all-cause 30-day readmission. We used multivariate logistic regression to determine if black patients had higher readmission rates than white patients, and if so, whether this effect was mediated by the hospitals at which patients received care, or by poverty. RESULTS:Black patients had higher readmission rates than white patients (14.8% vs 12.8%, odds ratio [OR] 1.19; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.16-1.22; P < 0.001). Patients undergoing major surgery at minority-serving hospitals also had higher readmission rates (14.3% vs 12.8%, OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.09-1.19; P < 0.001). In multivariate analyses, black patients at minority-serving hospitals had the highest overall odds of readmissions (OR 1.34). White patients at minority-serving hospitals (OR 1.15) and black patients at non-minority-serving hospitals (OR 1.20) also had higher odds of readmission than the reference group of white patients at non-minority-serving hospitals. Racial disparities were mediated in part by poverty. CONCLUSIONS:Among Medicare beneficiaries, black patients were more likely to be readmitted after hospitalization for surgical procedures. Since racial disparities in readmission rates are mediated both by patients' race and the hospital at which care is delivered, efforts at reducing disparities should focus not only on race-based measures but also on improving outcomes of care at minority-serving hospitals.
journal_name
Ann Surgjournal_title
Annals of surgeryauthors
Tsai TC,Orav EJ,Joynt KEdoi
10.1097/SLA.0000000000000326subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-06-01 00:00:00pages
1086-90issue
6eissn
0003-4932issn
1528-1140journal_volume
259pub_type
杂志文章,多中心研究abstract::Secretin was injected into a feeding or nonfeeding artery of a gastrinoma and blood samples were taken from the hepatic vein (HV) or a peripheral artery (PA) to measure the changes of serum immunoreactive gastrin concentration (IRG). The IRG in the HV rose within 40 seconds and in the PA rose within 60 seconds after t...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-198703000-00003
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To analyze the long-term results of distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac axis resection (DP-CAR), a newly designed extended surgical procedure for locally advanced cancer of the pancreatic body. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Pancreatic body cancer often involves the common hepatic artery and/or the celiac axi...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000258608.52615.5a
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that pancreatic ductal anatomy may predict the likely success of percutaneous drainage of pseudocysts of the pancreas. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Various modalities are currently applied to pseudocysts, with little or no data to aid in the choice of management strategy. Pancreatic ductal ...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-200206000-00001
更新日期:2002-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of the ultrasonic dissection (UC) compared with standard electrosurgery (ES) in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. BACKGROUND DATA:High-frequency ultrasound energy was introduced in laparoscopic surgery to improve dissection and coagulation. Very limited data have been publish...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000189607.38763.c5
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the long-term outcome of aggressive surgery incorporating hepatic resection and systematic nodal dissection for advanced carcinoma involving the hepatic hilus. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Few long-term results are available regarding radical surgery incorporating major hepatectomy and nodal dissectio...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00000658-199911000-00008
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::In man, oral or intravenous administration of ethanol caused a small but definite increase in peripheral serum gastrin concentration (measured by radioimmunoassay). In dogs, perfusion of the antrum with 10% ethanol caused an immediate increase in gastrin levels in the antral venous outflow. Acidification of the perfus...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-197406000-00015
更新日期:1974-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have increased risk on future cerebro- and cardiovascular events. Our aim was to examine whether carotid artery reactivity (CAR; a novel, simple procedure to examine endothelial function) predicts cardiovascular events in PAD patients. BACKGROUND:Increased risk...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000002558
更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Individualized risk assessment in patients with UICC stage II colon cancer based on a panel of molecular genetic alterations. BACKGROUND:Risk assessment in patients with colon cancer and localized disease (UICC stage II) is not sufficiently reliable. Development of metachronous metastasis is assumed to be g...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e318272de87
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Marked variations in sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) technique have been identified, and definitive qualifications for SLND performance remain controversial. Based on previous reports and expert opinion, we predicted that 20 to 30 cases of SLND with axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) would enable sur...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000184210.68646.77
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Closed suction drainage has been used to prevent seroma formation after lumpectomy and axillary node dissection for breast cancer. To study the efficacy of closed suction drains, the authors conducted a prospective randomized study from 1987 to 1990 of 227 axillary dissections. One hundred eight were randomized to a d...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00000658-199202000-00009
更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to define the post-traumatic changes in body fluid compartments and to evaluate the effect of plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) on the partitioning of body fluid between these compartments. Forty-two measurements of plasma volume (green dye), extracellular volume (bromine), and total body...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-198909000-00015
更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::One-hundred and forty eight patients operated upon for chronic pancreatitis were reviewed retrospectively in 5-20 year followup. Treatment was by drainage of the duct of Wirsung to adefunctionalized jejunal loop, distal pancreatectomy, pancreato-duodenectomy, splanchnicectomy with an operative mortality of 5%. Influen...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-197408000-00010
更新日期:1974-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare patient outcomes between International Medical Graduate (IMG) versus US medical graduate (USMG) surgeons. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:One in 7 surgeons practicing in the US graduated from a foreign medical school. However, it remains unknown whether patient outcomes differ be...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003736
更新日期:2019-12-10 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine whether surgical subspecialty training in colorectal surgery or frequency of rectal cancer resection by the surgeon are independent prognostic factors for local recurrence (LR) and survival. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Variation in patient outcome in rectal cancer has been shown among centers and am...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/00000658-199802000-00001
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nineteen patients with primary duodenal carcinoid were analysed retrospectively, and eight of the tumors were immunocytochemically examined. One tumor contained somatostatin, two tumors gastrin, two tumors both these peptides, and one tumor contained serotonin. In two tumors no peptide or amine could be demonstrated. ...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-198304000-00003
更新日期:1983-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Twenty-two patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery were given total parenteral nutrition (TPN) after the operation. The TPN contained either a conventional amino acid solution supplemented with glutamine or a conventional amino acid solution without supplementation. To study amino acid and protein metabolism, m...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-198904000-00011
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:This study determined whether there are any laboratory or other features that will enable prediction of spontaneous closure in patients with gastrointestinal cutaneous fistulas. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although the anatomic criteria for spontaneous closure of gastrointestinal cutaneous fistulas have been pre...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-199306000-00003
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::: Since their discovery, neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been implicated in a broad array of functions, both beneficial and detrimental to the host. Indeed, NETs have roles in infection, sepsis, wound healing, thrombotic disease, and cancer propagation, all of which are directly implicated in the care of su...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003586
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Five patients were studied before and two to three days after major, uncomplicated abdominal operation. Muscle tissue was obtained by needle biopsy from m. quadriceps femoris after eight hours overnight fast. Plasma free amino acids were analyzed in simultaneously obtained samples. In the homogenized muscle samples th...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-197512000-00001
更新日期:1975-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To analyze long-term weight loss, changes in comorbidities and quality of life, and late complications after laparoscopic and open gastric bypass. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Early results from our prospective randomized trial comparing the outcome of laparoscopic versus open gastric bypass demonstrated less pos...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000197381.01214.76
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk factors for conversion during laparoscopic liver resection and its effect on patient outcome in a large cohort of patients. Additional analysis of outcomes in patients who required conversion for unfavorable intraoperative findings and conversion for unfavorable intraoperative events w...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000002332
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::During a 29-month trial, 65 patients with acute gallstone pancreatitis were randomly selected for biliary tract explorations either within 73 hours of admission (36 patients) or at three months following remission with nonoperative measures (29 patients, with five others awaiting elective operation). The details of su...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-198109000-00008
更新日期:1981-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The management of penetrating colon injury has been frequently debated in the literature, yet few reports have evaluated primary closure versus diverting colostomy in similarly injured patients. Diverting colostomy is the standard of care when mucosal penetration is present, but primary closure in civilian practice ha...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-198904000-00009
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of radiotherapy (RT) on sexual function in patients undergoing oncologic resection for rectal cancer, and to develop a mathematical model for quantifying the risk of sexual dysfunction through time for this group of patients. METHODS:Data were prospec...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000183608.24549.68
更新日期:2005-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) on somatostatin receptor (SSR)-transfected colon carcinoma cells in a rat liver metastases model. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Previously the authors have shown highly effective therapy with PRRT of SSR-positive tumors. This treatment is SSR-m...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-200212000-00004
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The relationship of transcutaneous oxygen tension (PtcO2) to arterial oxygen tension (PaO2), pulmonary shunt (Qsp/Qt), mixed venous oxygen tension (PVO2), and O2 delivery was determined in patients with respiratory failure in order to explore the possible usefulness of PtcO2 to titrate the level of positive end expira...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-198102000-00014
更新日期:1981-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Metabolic and hormonal studies were performed in 6 infants during the first 3 months of life while receiving 3 different types of parenteral nutrition: 1) 20% glucose and a nitrogen source (Dudrick's method) 2) 12% glucose, a nitrogen source and soybean fat emulsion (Intralipid method) and 3) 12% glucose, a nitrogen s...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00000658-197507000-00012
更新日期:1975-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pulmonary microembolism of microaggregates associated with massive blood transfusion may be a cause of post-traumatic pulmonary embolism. The purpose of this study was to investigate in the dog the influence on certain physiologic parameters of transfusion of blood containing platelet: white blood cell: fibrin (PWF) a...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-197501000-00012
更新日期:1975-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of mesh fixation with fibrin sealant (FS) in laparoscopic preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair and to compare it with stapled fixation. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Laparoscopic hernia repair involves the fixation of the prosthetic mesh in the preperitoneal space with staples to avoid dis...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00000658-200101000-00004
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of early, routine antioxidant supplementation using alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid in reducing the rate of pulmonary morbidity and organ dysfunction in critically ill surgical patients. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Oxidative stress has been associated with the development of the...
journal_title:Annals of surgery
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00000658-200212000-00014
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00