Racial and socioeconomic differences manifest in process measure adherence for enhanced recovery after surgery pathway

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1092-1101

  Leeds, Ira L ^a   Alimi, Yewande ^a   Hobson, Deborah R ^a   Efron, Jonathan E ^a   Wick, Elizabeth C ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a   Johnston, Fabian M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced recovery after surgery; Health status disparities; Logistic regression; Minority health; Outcomes; Process measure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECTUM RESECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029690591     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000879     Document Type: Article

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