The impact of race on outcomes following emergency surgery: An American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program assessment

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-179

  Causey, Marlin Wayne ^a   McVay, Derek ^a   Hatch, Quinton ^a   Johnson, Eric ^a   Maykel, Justin A ^b   Champagne, Brad ^c   Steele, Scott R ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency surgery; Ethnicity; Outcomes; Race

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMERGENCY SURGERY; ETHNICITY; OUTCOMES; RACE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880528016     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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