Awareness of racial/ethnic disparities in surgical outcomes and care: factors affecting acknowledgment and action

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 102-108.e2

  Britton, Breanne V ^a   Nagarajan, Neeraja ^a   Zogg, Cheryl K ^b   Selvarajah, Shalini ^c   Schupper, Alexander J ^a   Kironji, A Gatebe ^a   Lwin, Albert T ^a   Cerullo, Marcelo ^a   Salim, Ali ^b   Haider, Adil H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Intervention; Optimal access; Provider awareness; Surgical disparities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951326134     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.07.022     Document Type: Article

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