Examination of racial disparities in the receipt of minimally invasive surgery among a national cohort of adult patients undergoing colorectal surgery

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1055-1062

  Damle, Rachelle N ^a   Flahive, Julie M ^a   Davids, Jennifer S ^a   Maykel, Justin A ^a   Sturrock, Paul R ^a   Alavi, Karim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon and rectal resection; Health services research; Minimally invasive technique; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY RATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COLON RESECTION; COLONIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INSURANCE; MASSACHUSETTS; PROCEDURES; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992110602     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000692     Document Type: Article

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