Racial disparities in length-of-stay persist even with no postoperative complications

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 214, Issue , 2017, Pages 14-22

  Giglia, Matthew D ^a   DeRussy, Aerin ^a   Morris, Melanie S ^a   Richman, Joshua S ^a   Hawn, Mary T ^b   Vickers, Selwyn M ^a   Knight, Sara J ^c   Chu, Daniel I ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Healthcare disparity; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85016057499     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2017.02.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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