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Scott SS, Gouchoe DA, Azap L, Henn MC, Choi K, Mokadam NA, Whitson BA, Pawlik TM, Ganapathi AM. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Peri-and Post-operative Cardiac Surgery. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REPORTS 2024; 18:95-113. [PMID: 39100592 PMCID: PMC11296970 DOI: 10.1007/s12170-024-00739-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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Purpose of Review Despite efforts to curtail its impact on medical care, race remains a powerful risk factor for morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery. While patients from racial and ethnic minority groups are underrepresented in cardiac surgery, they experience a disproportionally elevated number of adverse outcomes following various cardiac surgical procedures. This review provides a summary of existing literature highlighting disparities in coronary artery bypass surgery, valvular surgery, cardiac transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. Recent Findings Unfortunately, specific causes of these disparities can be difficult to identify, even in large, multicenter studies, due to the complex relationship between race and post-operative outcomes. Current data suggest that these racial/ethnic disparities can be attributed to a combination of patient, socioeconomic, and hospital setting characteristics. Summary Proposed solutions to combat the mechanisms underlying the observed disparate outcomes require deployment of a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, anesthesiologists, cardiac surgeons, and experts in health care equity and medical ethics. Successful identification of at-risk populations and the implementation of preventive measures are necessary first steps towards dismantling racial/ethnic differences in cardiac surgery outcomes.
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- Shane S. Scott
- Medical Scientist Training Program, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, N-809 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, N-809 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
- COPPER Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, N-809 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, N-809 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, N-809 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, N-809 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, N-809 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
- COPPER Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, N-809 Doan Hall, 410 W. 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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Herrera-Quiroz D, Smith BB, Dodoo C, Brown MJ, Hayes SN, Milam AJ. Examining patient demographics and major adverse cardiac events following noncardiac surgery: Applying a health equity lens. CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE 2024:S1553-8389(24)00534-7. [PMID: 38876941 DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2024.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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BACKGROUND Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) are a major contributor to postoperative complications. This study employed a health equity lens to examine rates of postoperative MACE by race and ethnicity. METHODS This single-center, retrospective observational cohort study followed patients with and without pre-existing coronary artery stents from 2008 to 2018 who underwent non-cardiac surgery. MACE was the primary outcome (death, acute MI, repeated coronary revascularization, in-stent thrombosis) and self-reported race and ethnicity was the primary predictor. A propensity score model of a 1:1 cohort of non-Hispanic White (NHW) patients and all other racial and ethnic minority populations (Hispanic and Black) was used to compare the rate of perioperative MACE in this cohort. RESULTS During the study period, 79,686 cases were included in the analytic sample; 950 patients (1.2 %) had pre-existing coronary artery stents. <1 % of patients experienced MACE within 30 days following non-cardiac surgery (0.8 %). After confounder adjustment and propensity score matching, there were no statistically significant differences in MACE among racial and ethnic minority patients compared to NHW patients (OR = 0.77; 95 % CI: 0.48, 1.25). In our sensitivity analyses, stratifying by sex, there were no differences in MACE by race and ethnicity. CONCLUSIONS The study found no statistically significant differences in MACE by race and ethnicity among patients who underwent non-cardiac surgery. Access to a high-volume, high-quality hospital such as the one studied may reduce the presence of healthcare disparities and may explain why our findings are not consistent with previous studies.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic; Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic; Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
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Mand S, Telfer S. Healthcare segregation in orthopedic surgery: A statewide analysis of American Indian and Alaska Native patients. J Orthop Res 2024; 42:878-885. [PMID: 37849417 DOI: 10.1002/jor.25718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Significant health disparities have been described for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) patients undergoing various surgical procedures, however, research into healthcare segregation within orthopedic surgery has been limited. In this study, our purpose was to assess if AIAN patients were more likely to be treated by lower-volume surgeons and at lower-volume hospitals. AIAN and White patients who underwent one of four common orthopedic procedures (knee or hip arthroplasty, femur or tibia repair) were identified from a Washington state inpatient database. Demographic, socioeconomic, geographic, and procedure data were surveyed, and volumetric thresholds were established for lower versus higher volume surgeons and hospitals. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated for AIAN patients receiving care from a lower volume surgeon or hospital, including covariates for patient demographics, geographic, and socioeconomic status. AIAN patients were more likely to receive care from a lower-volume surgeon for all procedures except tibial repair. Adjusted odds ratios of 1.53 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.22, 1.92) and 1.68 (95% CI: 1.26, 2.21) were found for AIAN patients receiving knee or hip arthroplasty from a lower volume surgeon, respectively. There was no strong evidence of AIAN patients being more likely to receive care at a lower-volume hospital. Finally, AIAN patients having knee arthroplasty at a higher volume hospital were more likely to have their surgery performed by a lower volume surgeon. These data suggest that there may be significant healthcare segregation among AIAN patients across common orthopedic surgical procedures.
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- Simran Mand
- Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- RR&D Center for Limb Loss and Mobility, VA Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Milam AJ, Ogunniyi MO, Faloye AO, Castellanos LR, Verdiner RE, Stewart JW, Chukumerije M, Okoh AK, Bradley S, Roswell RO, Douglass PL, Oyetunji SO, Iribarne A, Furr-Holden D, Ramakrishna H, Hayes SN. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perioperative Health Care Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol 2024; 83:530-545. [PMID: 38267114 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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There has been little progress in reducing health care disparities since the 2003 landmark Institute of Medicine's report Unequal Treatment. Despite the higher burden of cardiovascular disease in underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, they have less access to cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons, and have higher rates of morbidity and mortality with cardiac surgical interventions. This review summarizes existing literature and highlights disparities in cardiovascular perioperative health care. We propose actionable solutions utilizing multidisciplinary perspectives from cardiology, cardiac surgery, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, critical care, medical ethics, and health disparity experts. Applying a health equity lens to multipronged interventions is necessary to eliminate the disparities in perioperative health care among patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
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- Adam J Milam
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Grady Health System, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. https://twitter.com/bfaloyeMD
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA. https://twitter.com/lrcastel
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. https://twitter.com/VerdinerMD
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- Yale School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. https://twitter.com/stewartwjames
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA. https://twitter.com/DrMerije
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. https://twitter.com/OkohMD
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA. https://twitter.com/stevenbradleyMD
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- Department of Cardiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, New York, New York, USA. https://twitter.com/DrRobRoswell
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- Center for Cardiovascular Care, Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. https://twitter.com/LaraOyetunji
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health, Staten Island, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, USA. https://twitter.com/DrDebFurrHolden
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. https://twitter.com/SharonneHayes
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Preventza O, Akpan-Smart E, Lubna K, Simpson K, Cornwell L, Schmitt S, Amarasekara HS, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS. Racial disparities in thoracic aortic surgery: Myth or reality? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024; 167:3-12.e1. [PMID: 36549985 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We examined the relationship between Black or White race and adverse outcomes in patients who underwent surgery of the ascending aorta, aortic root, or aortic arch at our center. METHODS We analyzed 2335 consecutive patients who identified as Black (n = 217, 9.3%) or White (n = 2118, 90.7%) and underwent proximal aortic surgery. Patient zip codes were used to determine community socioeconomic (CSE) characteristics. The composite adverse outcome comprised mortality, persistent neurologic injury, and renal failure necessitating dialysis at discharge. We performed multivariable analysis, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and propensity score matching adjusted for CSE factors. RESULTS Median follow-up time was 3.7 years. Compared with White patients, Black patients lived in areas characterized by a higher percentage living below poverty level, lower income, and lower education level (P < .0001). Black patients had higher rates of emergency presentation (P < .0001) and lower 5- and 10-year survival rates (P = .0002). Short-term outcomes were similar between groups, except for respiratory failure and length of stay (P < .0001), which were higher in the Black population. After propensity score matching adjusted for CSE factors, Black and White patients (n = 204 each) had similar short-term outcomes and 5- and 10-year survival rates (P = .30). Multivariable analysis stratified by race showed that CSE factors independently predicted adverse outcomes in Black but not White patients. CONCLUSIONS This is among few studies that have analyzed the relationship between race and proximal aortic surgery. Although outcomes were similar between Black and White patients in our cohort after adjusting for CSE factors, unfavorable CSE factors predicted adverse outcomes in Black but not White patients. More patient-specific studies are needed.
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- Ourania Preventza
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHI St Luke's Health-Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Tex; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Tex
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Tex
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Tex
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHI St Luke's Health-Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Tex; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; The Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHI St Luke's Health-Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Tex; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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El-Gamel A, Raman J. Outcomes of Valvular Heart Disease-How Can We Close the Gap for Indigenous Patients? Heart Lung Circ 2024; 33:7-8. [PMID: 38342562 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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- Adam El-Gamel
- Wollongong Cardiothoracic Unit, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, New Zealand; and, University of Waikato Medical Research Centre, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
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Gordon AJ, Dastagirzada Y, Schlacter J, Mehta S, Agrawal N, Golfinos JG, Lebowitz R, Pacione D, Lieberman S. Health Care Disparities in Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Tumors: An Experience from Neighboring Urban Public and Private Hospitals. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2023; 84:560-566. [PMID: 37854536 PMCID: PMC10581820 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Objectives Few studies have assessed the role of socioeconomic health care disparities in skull base pathologies. We compared the clinical history and outcomes of pituitary tumors at private and public hospitals to delineate whether health care disparities exist in pituitary tumor surgery. Methods We reviewed the records of patients who underwent transsphenoidal pituitary tumor resection at NYU Langone Health and Bellevue Hospital. Seventy-two consecutive patients were identified from each hospital. The primary outcome was time-to-surgery from initial recommendation. Secondary outcomes included postoperative diabetes insipidus, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, and gross total resection. Results Of 144 patients, 23 (32%) public hospital patients and 24 (33%) private hospital patients had functional adenomas ( p = 0.29). Mean ages for public and private hospital patients were 46.5 and 51.1 years, respectively ( p = 0.06). Private hospital patients more often identified as white ( p < 0.001), spoke English ( p < 0.001), and had private insurance ( p < 0.001). The average time-to-surgery for public and private hospital patients were 46.2 and 34.8 days, respectively ( p = 0.39). No statistically significant differences were found in symptom duration, tumor size, reoperation, CSF leak, or postoperative length of stay; however, public hospital patients more frequently required emergency surgery ( p = 0.03), developed transient diabetes insipidus ( p = 0.02), and underwent subtotal resection ( p = 0.04). Conclusion Significant socioeconomic differences exist among patients undergoing pituitary surgery at our institution's hospitals. Public hospital patients more often required emergency surgery, developed diabetes insipidus, and underwent subtotal tumor resection. Identifying these differences is an imperative initial step in improving the care of our patients.
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- Alex J. Gordon
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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- NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
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Zea-Vera R, Asokan S, Shah RM, Ryan CT, Chatterjee S, Wall MJ, Coselli JS, Rosengart TK, Kayani WT, Jneid H, Ghanta RK. Racial/ethnic differences persist in treatment choice and outcomes in isolated intervention for coronary artery disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 166:1087-1096.e5. [PMID: 35248359 PMCID: PMC11092967 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Studies have noted racial/ethnic disparities in coronary artery disease intervention strategies. We investigated trends and outcomes of coronary artery disease treatment choice (coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention) stratified by race/ethnicity. METHODS We queried the National Inpatient Sample for patients who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention (2002-2017). Outcomes were stratified by race/ethnicity (White, African American, Hispanic, Asian). Multivariable logistic regression evaluated associations between race/ethnicity and receiving coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention, in-hospital mortality, and costs. RESULTS Over the 15-year period, 2,426,917 isolated coronary artery bypass grafting surgeries and 7,184,515 percutaneous coronary interventions were performed. Compared with White patients, African American patients were younger (62 [interquartile range, 53-70] vs 66 [interquartile range, 57-75] years), were more likely to have Medicaid insurance (12.2% vs 4.4%), and had more comorbidities (Charlson-Deyo index, 1.9 ± 1.6 vs 1.7 ± 1.6) (all P < .01). After adjustment for patient comorbidities, presence of acute myocardial infarction, insurance status, and geography, African Americans were the least likely of all racial/ethnic groups to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (odds ratio, 0.76; P < .01), a consistent trend throughout the study. African American patients had higher risk-adjusted mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (odds ratio, 1.09; P < .01). Race/ethnicity was not associated with increased mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention. African American patients had higher hospitalization costs for coronary artery bypass grafting (+$5816; P < .01) and percutaneous coronary intervention (+$856; P < .01) after controlling for confounders. CONCLUSIONS In this contemporary national analysis, risk-adjusted frequency of coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary artery disease differed by race/ethnicity. African American patients had lower odds of undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting and worse outcomes. Reasons for these differences merit further investigation to identify opportunities to reduce potential disparities.
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- Rodrigo Zea-Vera
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex
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- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex.
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Rotar EP, Scott EJ, Hawkins RB, Mehaffey JH, Strobel RJ, Charles EJ, Quader MA, Joseph M, Teman NR, Yarboro LT, Ailawadi G. Changes in Controllable Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Practice for White and Black Americans. Ann Thorac Surg 2023; 115:922-928. [PMID: 35093386 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Racial disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery are well reported. We sought to determine whether variation by race exists in controllable practices during coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). We hypothesized that racial disparities exist in CABG quality metrics, but have improved over time. METHODS All patients undergoing isolated CABG (2000 to 2019) in a multiple state database were stratified into three eras by race. Analysis included propensity matched White Americans and Black Americans. Primary outcomes included left internal mammary artery use, multiple arterial grafting, revascularization completeness, and guideline-directed medication prescription. RESULTS Of 72 248 patients undergoing CABG, Black American patients (n = 10 270, 15%) had higher rates of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, prior stroke, and myocardial infarction. After matching, 19 806 patients (n = 9903 per group) were well balanced. Left internal mammary artery use was significantly different early (era 1, Black Americans 84.7% vs White Americans 86.6%; P = .03), but equalized over time. Importantly, multiarterial grafting differed between Black Americans and White Americans over the entire study (9.1% vs 11.5%, P < .001) and within each era. Black Americans had more incomplete revascularization during the study period (14% vs 12.8%, P = .02) driven by a large disparity in era 1 (9.5% vs 7.2%, P < .001). Despite similar rates of preoperative use, Black Americans were more often discharged on a regimen of β-blockers (91.8% vs 89.6%, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Coronary artery bypass graft surgery metrics of left internal mammary artery use and optimal medical therapy have improved over time and are similar despite patient race. Black Americans undergo less frequent multiarterial grafting and greater discharge β-blocker prescription. Identifying changes in controllable CABG quality practices across races supports a continued focus on standardizing such efforts.
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- Evan P Rotar
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Gilani A, Maknojia A, Mufty M, Patel S, Grines CL, Ghatak A. Mechanical circulatory device utilization in cardiac arrest: Racial and gender disparities and impact on mortality. Int J Cardiol 2023; 371:460-464. [PMID: 36087630 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The objectives of this retrospective study include identifying the utilization trend of mechanical circulatory devices (MCD) such as Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP), Impella and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in admissions with cardiac arrest, determining whether racial or gender disparities exist in their usage, and discerning if their use is associated with a reduction in mortality. By leveraging the National Inpatient Sample, we identified 229,180 weighted adult cardiac arrest admissions between October 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018. MCD were used in 6005 admissions (2.6%). IABP had the highest utilization, representing 77.8% of all MCDs, followed by Impella at 24.8%. The utilization of IABP decreased from 90.6% to 71.6%, while the use of Impella increased from 13.5% to 29.8% in this study period; both trends were statistically significant. MCD use was found to be lower in women compared to men (1.4% vs 3.6, P < 0.001) and in the Black population compared to White (1.5% vs 2.8%, P < 0.001). There was no difference in MCD utilization between Hispanic and the White cohorts. In-hospital mortality was lower in admissions associated with MCD (31.4% vs 45.9%, P < 0.001). ECMO was associated with the lowest mortality rate at 14.3%, followed by IABP at 28.1%. The use of Impella and combination therapy were not associated with a significant decrease in mortality. In conclusion, MCD use may decrease mortality in cardiac arrest, however their utilization appears to be lower in African Americans and in women.
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- Aamir Gilani
- Internal Medicine Chief Resident; Northside Hospital Gwinnett, 1000 Medical Center Blvd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, USA.
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- Internal Medicine Resident; Northside Hospital Gwinnett, 1000 Medical Center Blvd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, USA
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- Internal Medicine Resident; Northside Hospital Gwinnett, 1000 Medical Center Blvd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, USA
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- Internal Medicine Resident; Northside Hospital Gwinnett, 1000 Medical Center Blvd, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, USA
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- Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute, 575 Professional Dr #400, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, USA. Past president of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
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- Cardiovascular Clinic of North Georgia, 1475 Jesse Jewell Pkwy NE #300, Gainesville, GA 30501, USA
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Sadeghi R, Miri R, Kachoueian N, Sistanizad M, Hassanpour R. Differences in gender and outcomes following isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. ARYA ATHEROSCLEROSIS 2023; 19:1-11. [PMID: 38883151 PMCID: PMC11079294 DOI: 10.48305/arya.2022.26640.2819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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BACKGROUND Gender impacts pre-, intra-, and postoperative parameters and outcomes following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) with conflicting results. This study aimed to identify differences in preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative parameters. It also seeks to compare the postoperative complications and mortality between two genders who had CABG surgery. METHOD This prospective observational study included patients who had isolated CABG and were divided based on gender. Demographic information, underlying comorbidities, drug history, clinical and laboratory data at the time of referral, operative characteristics, postoperative variables, and mortality outcomes were tracked during hospitalization and six months after discharge. RESULTS Three hundred twenty patients were enrolled in the study during its duration. 71% were male. Women were older (62.40±9.03 vs. 59.99±9.81 years, p= 0.011) and had more dyslipidemia (p=0.003), hypertension (p=0.000), and diabetes (p=0.001), whereas men admitted with more myocardial infarction (MI) (p=0.011) and had lower Ejection fraction (EF) (p=0.001). They also had lower EF post-surgery (p <0.001) and six months after discharge (p = 0.006). However, the number of vessels involved was not different between genders (p=0.589), but the number of grafts was higher in men (p=0.008).There was no statistically significant difference in overall mortality rates between the two groups (4.42% and 6.38% in men and women, respectively, p= 0.464). CONCLUSIONS The women had more underlying comorbidities than men. Furthermore, there were some differences in the intra-operative parameters and postoperative complications between the two genders, but there was no difference in postoperative mortality in our setting.
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- Roxana Sadeghi
- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Cardiology, School of medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, School of medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Kabuli M, Akbari AR, Alam B. The potential impact of ethnicity on robotic mitral valve repair. J Card Surg 2022; 37:3450. [PMID: 35842806 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Mahsa Kabuli
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Respiratory, King's Mill Hospital, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, UK
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- Department of Respiratory, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Cancelli G, Audisio K, Perezgrovas-Olaria R, Soletti GJ, Chadow D, Rahouma M, Robinson NB, Gaudino M. Representation of racial minorities in cardiac surgery randomized clinical trials. J Card Surg 2022; 37:1311-1316. [PMID: 35238064 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Racial minorities account for 39.9% of the population in the United States, but are often underrepresented in clinical research. Results from studies predominantly enrolling White patients may not apply to racial minorities. The aim of this analysis is to assess the representation of racial minorities in cardiac surgery randomized clinical trials (RCTs). METHODS A systematic search of the literature was performed. All RCTs published from 2000 to 2020 including at least 100 patients and comparing two or more adult cardiac surgery procedures were included. Meta-analytic estimates were calculated. RESULTS Among 51 cardiac surgery RCTs published between 2000 and 2020, only 9 (17.6%) reported the race of patients and were included in the final analysis. All of them were multicentric, with a mean of 33 centers included. Six RCTs enrolled patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (66.7%), while the remaining three were on valve surgery (33.3%). Overall, 9193 patients were included; of them, 8034 (87.4%) were White and 1026 (11.2%) nonWhite (386 [4.2%] Black, 191 [2.1%] Hispanic, 274 [3.0%] from other races, and 175 [1.9%] nonWhite patients of unspecified race). The proportion of nonWhite patients did not change over time. CONCLUSIONS Only 9 (17.6%) of the 51 cardiac surgery RCTs published between 2000 and 2020 reported the race of the patients enrolled and only 11.2% of them were nonWhite patients. Given the association between race and clinical outcomes, future RCTs should either guarantee a balanced inclusion of racial minorities or be designed to specifically enroll them.
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- Gianmarco Cancelli
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Larrabee Sonderlund A, Charifson M, Schoenthaler A, Carson T, Williams NJ. Racialized economic segregation and health outcomes: A systematic review of studies that use the Index of Concentration at the Extremes for race, income, and their interaction. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262962. [PMID: 35089963 PMCID: PMC8797220 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Extensive research shows that residential segregation has severe health consequences for racial and ethnic minorities. Most research to date has operationalized segregation in terms of either poverty or race/ethnicity rather than a synergy of these factors. A novel version of the Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICERace-Income) specifically assesses racialized economic segregation in terms of spatial concentrations of racial and economic privilege (e.g., wealthy white people) versus disadvantage (e.g., poor Black people) within a given area. This multidimensional measure advances a more comprehensive understanding of residential segregation and its consequences for racial and ethnic minorities. The aim of this paper is to critically review the evidence on the association between ICERace-Income and health outcomes. We implemented the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines to conduct a rigorous search of academic databases for papers linking ICERace-Income with health. Twenty articles were included in the review. Studies focused on the association of ICERace-Income with adverse birth outcomes, cancer, premature and all-cause mortality, and communicable diseases. Most of the evidence indicates a strong association between ICERace-Income and each health outcome, underscoring income as a key mechanism by which segregation produces health inequality along racial and ethnic lines. Two of the reviewed studies examined racial disparities in comorbidities and health care access as potential explanatory factors underlying this relationship. We discuss our findings in the context of the extant literature on segregation and health and propose new directions for future research and applications of the ICERace-Income measure.
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- Anders Larrabee Sonderlund
- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Research Unit of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, New York, New York, United States of America
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Shahian DM, Badhwar V, O'Brien SM, Habib RH, Han J, McDonald DE, Antman MS, Higgins RSD, Preventza O, Estrera AL, Calhoon JH, Grondin SC, Cooke DT. Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies. Ann Thorac Surg 2022; 113:1703-1717. [PMID: 34998732 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- David M Shahian
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown WV
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- Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, IL
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, TX
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- McGovern Medical School at UTHealth; Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute; Houston, TX
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of General Thoracic Surgery, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
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Shahian DM, Badhwar V, O'Brien SM, Habib RH, Han J, McDonald DE, Antman MS, Higgins RSD, Preventza O, Estrera AL, Calhoon JH, Grondin SC, Cooke DT. Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models Part 2: Review of Empirical Studies in Cardiac Surgery and Risk Model Recommendations. Ann Thorac Surg 2022; 113:1718-1729. [PMID: 34998735 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- David M Shahian
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, North Carolina
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- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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- McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, and Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of General Thoracic Surgery, UC Davis Health, Sacramento, California
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Dewan KC, Zhou G, Koroukian SM, Gillinov AM, Roselli EE, Svensson LG, Johnston D, Bakaeen F, Soltesz EG. Failure to Rescue After Cardiac Surgery at Minority-Serving Hospitals: Room for Improvement. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 114:2180-2187. [PMID: 34838742 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite living closer to high-performing centers, minority patients reportedly receive care at lower-quality hospitals. Investigating opportunities for improvement at minority-serving hospitals may help attenuate disparities in care among cardiothoracic surgery patients. We sought to investigate the relationship between hospital quality and failure-to-rescue (FTR). METHODS Over 451,000 cardiac surgery patients from 2000-2011 at minority-serving hospitals (MSH) were identified from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. After stratifying patients by hospital mortality quartile, outcomes at poorly performing MSH were compared to those at high-performing MSH. Propensity-score matching was used for comparisons. RESULTS Though patients at poorly performing centers were more likely black, there were no significant differences in admission status (urgent vs elective), income, insurance, or risk before matching. There were no differences in comorbidities between low- and high-performing MSH including chronic lung disease, coagulopathy, hypertension, and renal failure. While complications remained similar across mortality quartiles (29%, 32%, 31%, 36% respectively; p<0.0001), FTR increased in a stepwise manner (5.4%, 8.7%, 11.2%, 15.5%; p<0.0001). The same was true after propensity-score matching - FTR nearly tripled in the highest-mortality centers (14.4% vs 5.3%; p<0.0001) while complications only increased 1.2-fold from 31.1% to 36.7% (p=0.0058). This finding persisted even when stratified by procedure type and by complication. CONCLUSIONS Improving timely management of complications after cardiac surgery may serve as a promising opportunity for increasing quality of care at MSH. When considering centralization of care in cardiac surgery, equal emphasis should be placed on collaboration between tertiary care centers and low-quality MSH to mitigate disparities in care.
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- Krish C Dewan
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Heung M, Dickinson T, Wu X, Fitzgerald DC, DeLucia A, Paone G, Chores J, Nieter D, Grix D, Theurer P, Zhang M, Likosky DS. The Role of Race on Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 114:2188-2194. [PMID: 34838514 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.10.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently complicates cardiac surgery and is more common among Black patients. We evaluated determinants of race-based differences in AKI rates. METHODS Serum creatinine-based criteria was used to identify adult cardiac surgical patients developing post-operative AKI in the PERForm registry (7/1/2014-6/30/2019). Patient characteristics, operative details and outcomes were compared by race (Black versus White) after excluding patients with pre-operative dialysis, missing pre- or post-operative creatinine, or other races. A mixed effect model (adjusting for demographics, comorbidities, surgical factors) used hospital as a random effect to predict post-operative stage 2 or 3 AKI. Propensity score analyses were conducted to evaluate robustness of the primary analyses. RESULTS The study cohort included 34,520 patients (8% Black). More Black than White patients were female (43 versus 27%, p<.001), had hypertension (93 versus 87%, p<.001) and diabetes (51 versus 41%, p<.001). AKI >Stage 2 occurred among 1,780 (5%) patients, more often among Black than White patients (8 versus 5%, p<.001). Intra-operatively, Black patients had lower nadir hematocrits (23 versus 26, p<.001), and were more likely to be transfused (22 versus 14%, p<.001). After adjustment, Black (compared to White) race independently predicted odds for post-operative AKI (adjOR 1.50, 95% CI 1.26-1.78). The multivariable findings were similar in propensity score analyses. CONCLUSIONS Despite accounting for differences in risk factors and intra-operative practices, Black patients had a 50% increased odds for developing moderate-severe post-operative AKI compared to White patients. Additional evaluations are warranted to identify potential targets to address racial disparities in AKI outcomes.
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- Michael Heung
- Division of Nephrology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, MI
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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van den Broek-Altenburg EM, Atherly AJ, Hess S, Benson J. The effect of unobserved preferences and race on vaccination hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccines: implications for health disparities. J Manag Care Spec Pharm 2021; 27:S4-S13. [PMID: 34534008 DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2021.27.9-a.s4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND: Reducing the extra burden COVID-19 has on people already facing disparities is among the main national priorities for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Early reports from states releasing vaccination data by race show that White residents are being vaccinated at significantly higher rates than Black residents. Public health efforts are being targeted to address vaccine hesitancy among Black and other minority populations. However, health care interventions intended to reduce health disparities that do not reflect the underlying values of individuals in underrepresented populations are unlikely to be successful. OBJECTIVE: To identify key factors underlying the disparities in COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS: Primary data were collected from an online survey of a representative sample of the populations of the 4 largest US states (New York, California, Texas, and Florida) between August 10 and September 3, 2020. Using latent class analysis, we built a model identifying key factors underlying the disparities in COVID-19 vaccination. RESULTS: We found that individuals who identify as Black had lower rates of vaccine hesitancy than those who identify as White. This was true overall, by latent class and within latent class. This suggests that, contrary to what is currently being reported, Black individuals are not universally more vaccine hesitant. Combining the respondents who would not consider a vaccine (17%) with those who would consider one but ultimately choose not to vaccinate (11%), our findings indicate that more than 1 in 4 (28%) persons will not be willing to vaccinate. The no-vaccine rate is highest in White individuals and lowest in Black individuals. CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that other factors, potentially institutional, are driving the vaccination rates for these groups. Our model results help point the way to more effective differentiated policies. DISCLOSURES: No funding was received for this study. The authors have nothing to disclose.
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- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington
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- Choice Modelling Centre and Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington
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van den Broek-Altenburg EM, Atherly AJ, Hess S, Benson J. Valuing diversity in value assessment: introducing the PhRMA Foundation Health Disparities Challenge Award. J Manag Care Spec Pharm 2021; 27:S2-S3. [PMID: 34534009 PMCID: PMC10408392 DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2021.27.9-a.s2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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DISCLOSURES:: No funding supported the writing of this article. The author has received grants from BeiGene, Ltd., and Pfizer, Inc., and advisory board fees from PhRMA Foundation.
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- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington
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- Choice Modelling Centre and Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington
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Thompson MP, Yaser JM, Fliegner MA, Syrjamaki JD, Nathan H, Sukul D, Theurer PF, Clark MJ, Likosky DS, Prager RL. High Socioeconomic Deprivation and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Outcomes: Insights from Michigan. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 113:1962-1970. [PMID: 34390700 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiovascular outcomes are worse among individuals from areas with limited socioeconomic resources. This study evaluated the relationship between high socioeconomic deprivation and isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) outcomes. METHODS We linked statewide Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database data to Medicare fee-for-service records for 10,423 Michigan residents undergoing isolated CABG between 01/2012-12/2018. High socioeconomic deprivation was defined as residing in the highest decile of zip code-level area deprivation index (ADI). Multivariable logistic regression estimated the relationship between top ADI decile and major morbidity, in-hospital mortality, and operative mortality. Survival analyses evaluated long-term survival comparing patients in the top versus not in the top ADI decile. RESULTS A total of 1,036 patients were in the top decile of ADI (ADI>82.4), and were more likely to be female, black, and have a higher predicted risk of mortality. Patients in the top ADI decile had significantly higher rates of major morbidity (17.4% versus 11.4%, adjusted odds ratio =1.26, 95% CI: 1.04-1.54, p=0.021) and in-hospital mortality (3.2% versus 1.3%, adjusted odds ratio=1.84, 95% CI: 1.18-2.86, p=0.007), but not operative mortality. The adjusted hazard of mortality was 16% higher for patients residing in the top ADI decile (95% CI: 1.01-1.33, p=0.032). CONCLUSIONS Isolated CABG patients residing in the highest areas of socioeconomic deprivation differed with respect to demographic and clinical characteristics, and experienced worse short and long-term outcomes compared with those not in the top ADI decile.
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- Michael P Thompson
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;; Michigan Value Collaborative, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Michigan Value Collaborative, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;; Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Collaborative, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Hollingsworth JM, Yu X, Yan PL, Yoo H, Telem DA, Yankah EN, Zhu J, Waljee AK, Nallamothu BK. Provider Care Team Segregation and Operative Mortality Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2021; 14:e007778. [PMID: 33926210 PMCID: PMC8137653 DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.120.007778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Studies have shown that Black patients die more frequently following coronary artery bypass grafting than their White counterparts for reasons not fully explained by disease severity or comorbidity. To examine whether provider care team segregation within hospitals contributes to this inequity, we analyzed national Medicare data. METHODS Using national Medicare data, we identified beneficiaries who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting at hospitals where this procedure was performed on at least 10 Black and 10 White patients between 2008 and 2014 (n=12 646). After determining the providers who participated in their perioperative care, we examined the extent to which Black and White patients were cared for by unique networks of provider care teams within the same hospital. We then evaluated whether a lack of overlap in composition of the provider care teams treating Black versus White patients (ie, high segregation) was associated with higher 90-day operative mortality among Black patients. RESULTS The median level of provider care team segregation was high (0.89) but varied across hospitals (interquartile range, 0.85-0.90). On multivariable analysis, after controlling for patient-, hospital-, and community-level differences, mortality rates for White patients were comparable at hospitals with high and low levels of provider care segregation (5.4% [95% CI, 4.7%-6.1%] versus 5.8% [95% CI, 4.7%-7.0%], respectively; P=0.601), while Black patients treated at high-segregation hospitals had significantly higher mortality than those treated at low-segregation hospitals (8.3% [95% CI, 5.4%-12.4%] versus 3.3% [95% CI, 2.0%-5.4%], respectively; P=0.017). The difference in mortality rates for Black and White patients treated at low-segregation hospitals was nonsignificant (-2.5%; P=0.098). CONCLUSIONS Black patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting at a hospital with a higher level of provider care team segregation die more frequently after surgery than Black patients treated at a hospital with a lower level.
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- Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Statistics, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Statistics, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Department of Statistics, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and Arts, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- VA Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, MI
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Michigan Integrated Center for Health Analytics and Medical Prediction, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- VA Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, MI
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
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McLeod M, Signal V, Gurney J, Sarfati D. Postoperative Mortality of Indigenous Populations Compared With Nonindigenous Populations: A Systematic Review. JAMA Surg 2021; 155:636-656. [PMID: 32374369 DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Importance A range of factors have been identified as possible contributors to racial/ethnic differences in postoperative mortality that are also likely to hold true for indigenous populations. Yet despite its severity as an outcome, death in the period following a surgical procedure is underresearched for indigenous populations. Objective To describe postoperative mortality experiences for minority indigenous populations compared with numerically dominant nonindigenous populations and examine the factors that drive any differences observed. Evidence Review This review was conducted according to PRIMSA guidelines and registered on PROSPERO. Articles were identified through searches of the Embase, Ovid MEDLINE, Scopus, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature databases, with manual review of references and gray literature searches conducted. Eligible articles included those that reported associations between ethnicity/indigeneity and mortality up to 90 days following surgery and published in English between January 1, 1990, and March 26, 2019. Data on the study design, setting, participants (including indigeneity), and results were extracted. A modified Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale was used to determine study quality. Findings A total of 442 abstracts were screened, 92 articles were reviewed in full text, and 21 articles (from 20 studies) and 7 reports underwent data extraction. All included studies were cohort studies (3 prospective and the remainder retrospective) investigating a wide range of surgical procedures in the US, Australia, or New Zealand. Seven studies were from single facilities, while the remainder used data from national databases. Sample sizes ranged, with indigenous sample sizes ranging from 20 to 3052 patients and a number of studies reporting less than 10 indigenous deaths. The postoperative mortality experience for minority indigenous populations compared with the nonindigenous populations was mixed. There was evidence from several studies that indigenous populations may be more likely to die following cardiac procedures. However, the available evidence has overall poor study quality, with methods to identify the indigenous populations being a major limitation of most of the studies. Conclusions and Relevance Postoperative mortality experiences for indigenous populations should not be interpreted in isolation from the broader context of inequities across the health care pathway and must take into account the quality of data used for indigenous identification.
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- Melissa McLeod
- Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Siddiqui S, Anderson BR, LaPar DJ, Kalfa D, Chai P, Bacha E, Freud L. Weight impacts 1-year congenital heart surgery outcomes independent of race/ethnicity and payer. Cardiol Young 2021; 31:279-285. [PMID: 33208210 PMCID: PMC8711065 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951120003911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Body mass index, race/ethnicity, and payer status are associated with operative mortality in congenital heart disease (CHD). Interactions between these predictors and impacts on longer term outcomes are less well understood. We studied the effect of body mass index, race/ethnicity, and payer on 1-year outcomes following elective CHD surgery and tested the degree to which race/ethnicity and payer explained the effects of body mass index. Patients aged 2-25 years who underwent elective CHD surgery at our centre from 2010 to 2017 were included. We assessed 1-year unplanned cardiac re-admissions, re-interventions, and mortality. Step-wise, multivariable logistic regression was performed.Of the 929 patients, 10.4% were underweight, 14.9% overweight, and 8.5% obese. Non-white race/ethnicity comprised 40.4% and public insurance 29.8%. Only 0.5% died prior to hospital discharge with one additional death in the first post-operative year. Amongst patients with continuous follow-up, unplanned re-admission and re-intervention rates were 14.7% and 12.3%, respectively. In multivariable analyses adjusting for surgical complexity and surgeon, obese, overweight, and underweight patients had higher odds of re-admission than normal-weight patients (OR 1.40, p = 0.026; OR 1.77, p < 0.001; OR 1.44, p = 0.008). Underweight patients had more than twice the odds of re-intervention compared with normal weight (OR 2.12, p < 0.001). These associations persisted after adjusting for race/ethnicity, payer, and surgeon.Pre-operative obese, overweight, and underweight body mass index were associated with unplanned re-admission and/or re-intervention 1-year following elective CHD surgery, even after accounting for race/ethnicity and payer status. Body mass index may be an important modifiable risk factor prior to CHD surgery.
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- Saira Siddiqui
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Vervoort D, Swain JD, Fiedler AG. A Seat at the Table: The Cardiothoracic Surgeon as Surgeon-Advocate. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 111:741-744. [PMID: 33345784 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Dominique Vervoort
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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Claessen BE, Guedeney P, Gibson CM, Angiolillo DJ, Cao D, Lepor N, Mehran R. Lipid Management in Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes: A Review. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e018897. [PMID: 33289416 PMCID: PMC7955383 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.018897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Despite many improvements in its prevention and management, acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Lipid management is an important part of secondary prevention after ACS, but many patients currently remain undertreated and do not attain guideline‐recommended levels of low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction. This review details the current state of evidence on lipid management in patients presenting with ACS, provides directions for identification of patients who may benefit from early escalation of lipid‐lowering therapy, and discusses novel lipid‐lowering medication that is currently under investigation in clinical trials. Moreover, a treatment algorithm aimed at attaining guideline‐recommended low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol levels is proposed. Despite important advances in the initial treatment and secondary prevention of ACS, ≈20% of ACS survivors experience a subsequent ischemic cardiovascular event within 24 months, and 5‐year mortality ranges from 19% to 22%. Knowledge of the current state of evidence‐based lipid management after ACS is of paramount importance to improve outcomes after ACS.
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- Bimmer E Claessen
- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York NY.,Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep Alkmaar the Netherlands
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York NY.,ACTION Study Group Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche Scientifique_1166 Cardiology Institute Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital ParisSorbonne University Paris France
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York NY
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- Cedars-Sinai Heart InstituteGeffen School of Medicine-University of Califonia - Los Angeles Los Angeles CA
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York NY
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Gupta S, Lui B, Ma X, Walline M, Ivascu NS, White RS. Sex Differences in Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2020; 34:3259-3266. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Olufajo OA, Wilson A, Zeineddin A, Williams M, Aziz S. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Older Adults: Patterns, Outcomes, and Trends. J Surg Res 2020; 258:345-351. [PMID: 33069392 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Although the numbers of older adults in the US are rapidly increasing, there is sparse recent data on the use and outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) among this population. We aimed to evaluate the characteristics and outcomes of older adults undergoing CABG and to measure temporal trends. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using data from the National Inpatient Sample (2005-2014), patients aged 85 y and older who underwent CABG were selected. Demographic, clinical, and hospital characteristics were extracted. Outcomes measured were hospital mortality, hospital length of stay, discharge home, and operative complications. Patients were grouped by 2-year increments. Differences in clinical characteristics and outcomes over time were evaluated using trend analyses. RESULTS There were 60,124 patients included in the cohort. The mean age was 86.8 y with majority being men (61%), white (88%), and treated in teaching hospitals (61%). Over the study period, the annual surgical volume decreased from 6689 in 2005/06 to 5150 in 2013/14. Mortality decreased from 8.5% to 5.5% (P-trend <0.001) and mean hospital length of stay decreased from 13.9 d to 12.0 d (P-trend <0.001), whereas the rate of discharge home remained stable (14.1% versus 11.6%, P-trend = 0.056). Compared with patients in 2005/06, those in 2013/14 had higher comorbidities [diabetes: 27.6% versus 17.3%; chronic kidney disease: 29.8% versus 9.2%; peripheral artery disease: 7.5% versus 6.0%; and hypertension: 83.7% versus 64.5% (all P-trend <0.001)]. CONCLUSIONS CABG volumes are decreasing among older adults, and comorbidity burden is increasing, but outcomes are improving. These data may indicate improved preoperative optimization and better perioperative care processes.
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- Olubode A Olufajo
- Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia.
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- Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, District of Columbia
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Enumah ZO, Canner JK, Alejo D, Warren DS, Zhou X, Yenokyan G, Matthew T, Lawton JS, Higgins RSD. Persistent Racial and Sex Disparities in Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Retrospective Clinical Registry Review in the Drug-eluting Stent Era. Ann Surg 2020; 272:660-667. [PMID: 32932322 PMCID: PMC8491278 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the temporal trends in 30-day mortality by race group for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between 2011 and 2018 and to investigate the effect of race and sex on postoperative outcomes after CABG. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading cause of death in the United States with studies demonstrating increased morbidity and mortality for black and female patients undergoing surgery. In the post drug-eluting stent era, studies of racial disparities CABG are outdated. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of the Society for Thoracic Surgeons database for patients undergoing CABG between 2011 and 2018. Primary outcome was 30-day mortality. Secondary outcomes included postoperative length of stay, surgical site infection, sepsis, pneumonia, stroke, reoperation, reintervention, early extubation, and readmission. RESULTS The study population was comprised of 1,042,506 patients who underwent isolated CABG between 2011 and 2018. Among all races, Black patients had higher rates of preoperative comorbidities. Compared with White patients, Black patients had higher overall mortality (2.76% vs 2.19%, P < 0.001). On univariable regression, Black patients had higher rates of death, infection, pneumonia, and postoperative stroke compared to White patients. On multivariable regression, Black patients had higher odds of 30-day mortality compared to white patients [odds ratio (OR) = 1.11, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.05-1.18]. Similarly, female patients had higher odds of death compared to males (OR = 1.26, 95% CI 1.21-1.30). CONCLUSIONS In the modern era, racial and sex disparities in mortality and postoperative morbidity after coronary bypass surgery persist with Black patients and female patients consistently experiencing worse outcomes than White male patients. Although there may be unknown or underappreciated biological mechanisms at play, future research should focus on socioeconomic, cultural, and multilevel factors.
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins Suburban Hospital, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bethesda, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Baltimore, MD
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Smith LB, Desai NR, Dowd B, Everhart A, Herrin J, Higuera L, Jeffery MM, Jena AB, Ross JS, Shah ND, Karaca-Mandic P. Patient and provider-level factors associated with changes in utilization of treatments in response to evidence on ineffectiveness or harm. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT 2020; 20:299-317. [PMID: 32350680 PMCID: PMC7725279 DOI: 10.1007/s10754-020-09282-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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High-quality health care not only includes timely access to effective new therapies but timely abandonment of therapies when they are found to be ineffective or unsafe. Little is known about changes in use of medications after they are shown to be ineffective or unsafe. In this study, we examine changes in use of two medications: fenofibrate, which was found to be ineffective when used with statins among patients with Type 2 diabetes (ACCORD lipid trial); and dronedarone, which was found to be unsafe in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (PALLAS trial). We examine the patient and provider characteristics associated with a decline in use of these medications. Using Medicare fee-for-service claims from 2008 to 2013, we identified two cohorts: patients with Type 2 diabetes using statins (7 million patient-quarters), and patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (83 thousand patient-quarters). We used interrupted time-series regression models to identify the patient- and provider-level characteristics associated with changes in medication use after new evidence emerged for each case. After new evidence of ineffectiveness emerged, fenofibrate use declined by 0.01 percentage points per quarter (95% CI - 0.02 to - 0.01) from a baseline of 6.9 percent of all diabetes patients receiving fenofibrate; dronedarone use declined by 0.13 percentage points per quarter (95% CI - 0.15 to - 0.10) from a baseline of 3.8 percent of permanent atrial fibrillation patients receiving dronedarone. For dronedarone, use declined more quickly among patients dually-enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid compared to Medicare-only patients (P < 0.001), among patients seen by male providers compared to female providers (P = 0.01), and among patients seen by cardiologists compared to primary care providers (P < 0.001).
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- Laura Barrie Smith
- Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
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- Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, USA
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- Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, USA
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
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- Health Economics and Outcomes Research - Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure, Medtronic, Minneapolis, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
- Emergency Medicine Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
- National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
- General Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
- Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Ueyama H, Malik A, Kuno T, Yokoyama Y, Briasouli A, Shetty S, Briasoulis A. Racial disparities in in-hospital outcomes after left ventricular assist device implantation. J Card Surg 2020; 35:2633-2639. [PMID: 32667085 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies of patients undergoing various cardiac surgeries demonstrated worse outcomes among African-American (AA) patients. It remains unclear if the race is a predictor of outcomes among left ventricular assist device (LVAD) recipients. METHODS Patients who underwent LVAD implantation between 2010 and 2017 were identified using the National Inpatient Sample. The race was classified as Caucasians vs AA vs Hispanics, and endpoints were in-hospital outcomes, length of stay, and cost. Procedure-related complications were identified via the International Classification of Diseases-9 (ICD-9) and ICD-10 coding and analysis performed via mixed-effect models. RESULTS A total of 27 132 adults (5114 unweighted) underwent LVAD implantation in the U.S. between 2010 and 2017, including Caucasians (63.8%), AA (23.8%), and Hispanics (6%). The number of LVAD implantations increased in both Caucasians and AA during the study period. AA LVAD recipients were younger, with higher rates of females and mostly comorbidities, but lower rates of coronary artery disease and bypass grafting compared to Caucasians and Hispanics. Medicaid and median income at the lowest quartile were more frequent among AA LVAD recipients. We did not identify differences in stroke, bleeding complications, tamponade, infectious complications, acute kidney injury requiring hemodialysis, and in-hospital mortality among racial groups. AA LVAD recipients had lower rates of routine discharge than Caucasians and Hispanics, longer length of stay than Caucasians, but similar cost of hospitalization. After adjustment for clinical comorbidities, race was not a predictor of in-hospital mortality. CONCLUSION We identified differences in clinical characteristics but not in in-hospital complications among LVAD recipients of a different races.
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- Hiroki Ueyama
- Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York City, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
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- Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York City, New York
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- Department of Surgery, Easton Hospital, Easton, Pennsylvania
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- Section of Heart Failure and Transplantation, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Section of Heart Failure and Transplantation, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Section of Heart Failure and Transplantation, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Shah AA, Nizam W, Sandler A, Kane T, Manicone P, Williams M, Cornwell EE, Petrosyan M. Assessing surgical care delivery at facilities caring for higher volumes of minority children utilizing the pediatric quality indicator for perforated appendicitis: a propensity-matched analysis. Pediatr Surg Int 2020; 36:407-414. [PMID: 31773248 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-019-04604-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The pediatric quality indicator (PDI) measures released by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provide an impetus for benchmarking quality of care in children. The PDI-17, aimed at studying perforation in appendicitis, is one such measure that this study aims to utilize to assess surgical care delivery and outcomes in children managed at majority-minority hospitals. METHODS The Kid Inpatient Database (2000-2012) was queried for pediatric patients (< 18 years) with a diagnosis of appendicitis, with and without perforation. Facilities were categorized into tertiles based on rates of perforation (PDI-17). Similarly, tertiles were generated based on volume of minority patients (Black and Hispanic) treated at each facility. Multivariable regression analysis adjusted for demographic parameters, hospital-level characteristics, propensity score quintiles, clinically relevant outcomes, and tertiles of minority patients treated. RESULTS Of the 322,805 patients with appendicitis 28.7% had perforated appendicitis. Patients presenting to facilities caring for a higher volume of perforated appendicitis were younger with public insurance or no insurance and, however, these patients were less likely to belong to a minority group (p < 0.05). Additionally, these patients were less likely to belong to the highest income quartile (OR [95% CI] 0.45 [0.39-0.52]). Hospitals treating the highest volume of minority patients [majority-minority hospitals (MMHs)] had an 87% (OR [95% CI] 1.87 [1.77-1.98]) increased likelihood of also treating the highest rates of perforated appendicitis. CONCLUSION Hospitals treating a high volume of complicated appendicitis are less likely to care for minority groups. Additionally, MMHs lacking experience and volume in caring for complicated appendicitis have an increased likelihood of patients with perforations which is indicative of poor healthcare access.
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- Adil A Shah
- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA.
- Department of Surgery, Howard University Hospital and College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Howard University Hospital and College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Howard University Hospital and College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Howard University Hospital and College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Children's National Health System, Washington, DC, USA
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Mazzeffi M, Holmes SD, Alejo D, Fonner CE, Ghoreishi M, Pasrija C, Schena S, Metkus T, Salenger R, Whitman G, Ad N, Higgins RSD, Taylor B. Racial Disparity in Cardiac Surgery Risk and Outcome: Report From a Statewide Quality Initiative. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 110:531-536. [PMID: 31962111 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Racial disparities persist in health care. Our study objective was to evaluate racial disparity in cardiac surgery in Maryland. METHODS A statewide database was used to identify patients. Demographics, comorbidities, and predicted risk of death were compared between races. Crude mortality and incidence of complications were compared between groups, as were risk-adjusted odds for mortality and major morbidity or mortality. RESULTS The study included 23,094 patients. Most patients were white (75.8%), followed by African American (16.3%), Asian (3.8%), and other races (4.1%). African Americans had a higher preoperative risk for mortality based on The Society of Thoracic Surgeons predictive models compared with white patients (3.0% vs 2.3%, P < .001). African Americans also had higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebral vascular disease than white patients. After adjustment for preoperative risk, there was no difference in 30-day mortality between African Americans (odds ratio [OR], 1.26; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.99-1.59), Asians (OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 0.75-1.97), and other races (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.74-1.89) compared with whites. African Americans had lower risk-adjusted odds of major morbidity or mortality compared with whites (OR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.75-0.93). CONCLUSIONS African American cardiac surgical patients have the highest preoperative risk in Maryland. Patients appeared to receive excellent cardiac surgical care, regardless of race, as risk-adjusted mortality did not differ between groups, and African American patients had lower risk-adjusted odds of major morbidity or mortality than white patients. Future interventions in Maryland should be aimed at reducing preoperative risk disparity in cardiac surgical patients.
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- Michael Mazzeffi
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Maryland Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative, Inc, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center, University of Maryland, Towson, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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A Decomposition Method to Assess the Contributions of Geographic and Nongeographic Factors to White-Black Disparities in Health Care. Med Care 2019; 58:e16-e22. [DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Popescu I, Huckfeldt P, Pane JD, Escarce JJ. Contributions of Geography and Nongeographic Factors to the White-Black Gap in Hospital Quality for Coronary Heart Disease: A Decomposition Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc 2019; 8:e011964. [PMID: 31787056 PMCID: PMC6912970 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.011964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Background Differences in hospital proximity and nongeographic factors affect disparities in hospital quality for heart disease, but their relative contributions are unknown. The current study quantifies the influences of these factors on the white‐black gap in high‐ and low‐quality hospital use for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Methods and Results We used Medicare claims to identify fee‐for‐service Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older hospitalized during 2009–2011 with AMI (n=384 443) and CABG (n=71 411). Hospital quality was measured using publicly available AMI mortality rates. In national and regional analyses, we used conditional multinomial logit models to estimate the white‐black gap in high‐ and low‐quality hospital use and decompose the gap into geographic and nongeographic contributions. Overall, more whites used high‐quality hospitals for both conditions (34.8% versus 32.4% for AMI; 39.0% versus 29.9% for CABG; P<0.001), but after accounting for distance to hospitals, the white‐black gap was significant only for CABG (9.1%; P<0.001). The nongeographic component was significant for both conditions (3.4% for AMI and 7.7% for CABG; P<0.001) and accounted for nearly the entire gap for CABG. In contrast, hospital geographic proximity was not significant. In regional analyses, white beneficiaries had higher rates of high‐quality hospital use in the Northeast (CABG) and South (AMI and CABG), whereas black had higher rates of high‐quality hospital use in the Midwest (AMI). Conclusions White‐black differences in high‐quality hospital use were significant for CABG and related to nongeographic factors. Interventions should consider health system and contextual reasons for these disparities.
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- Ioana Popescu
- Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services ResearchDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos AngelesCA
- RAND CorporationSanta MonicaCA
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- University of Minnesota School of Public HealthMinneapolisMN
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- Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services ResearchDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLALos AngelesCA
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Becker ER, Granzotti AM. Trends in In-hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Mortality by Gender and Race/Ethnicity --1998-2015: Why Do the Differences Remain? J Natl Med Assoc 2019; 111:527-539. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2019.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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An KR, Tam DY, Fremes SE. Commentary: The association of race with coronary artery bypass grafting mortality: A complex issue. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018; 157:2226-2227. [PMID: 30678879 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Kevin R An
- From the Schulich Heart Centre, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Schulich Heart Centre, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Schulich Heart Centre, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Angraal S, Khera R, Wang Y, Lu Y, Jean R, Dreyer RP, Geirsson A, Desai NR, Krumholz HM. Sex and Race Differences in the Utilization and Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 1999-2014. J Am Heart Assoc 2018; 7:e009014. [PMID: 30005557 PMCID: PMC6064835 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.009014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND With over a decade of directed efforts to reduce sex and racial differences in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) utilization, and post-CABG outcomes, we sought to evaluate how the use of CABG and its outcomes have evolved in different sex and racial subgroups. METHODS AND RESULTS Using data on all fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries undergoing CABG in the United States from 1999 to 2014, we examined differences by sex and race in calendar-year trends for CABG utilization and post-CABG outcomes (in-hospital, 30-day, and 1-year mortality and 30-day readmission). A total of 1 863 719 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries (33.6% women, 4.6% black) underwent CABG from 1999 to 2014, with a decrease from 611 to 245 CABG procedures per 100 000 person-years. Men compared with women and whites compared with blacks had higher CABG utilization, with declines in all subgroups. Higher post-CABG annual declines in mortality (95% confidence interval) were observed in women (in-hospital, -2.70% [-2.97, -2.44]; 30-day, -2.29% [-2.54, -2.04]; and 1-year mortality, -1.67% [-1.88, -1.46]) and blacks (in-hospital, -3.31% [-4.02, -2.60]; 30-day, -2.80% [-3.49, -2.12]; and 1-year mortality, -2.38% [-2.92, -1.84]), compared with men and whites, respectively. Mortality rates remained higher in women and blacks, but differences narrowed over time. Annual adjusted 30-day readmission rates remained unchanged for all patient groups. CONCLUSIONS Women and black patients had persistently higher CABG mortality than men and white patients, respectively, despite greater declines over the time period. These findings indicate progress, but also the need for further progress.
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- Suveen Angraal
- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- Department of Biostatistics, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
- Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT
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Jean RA, Chiu AS, O'Neill KM, Lin Z, Pei KY. The influence of sociodemographic factors on operative decision-making in small bowel obstruction. J Surg Res 2018; 227:137-144. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Ohl ME, Richardson KK, Asch SM, Gifford AL, Bokhour BG. Patient and Facility Correlates of Racial Differences in Viral Control for Black and White Veterans with HIV Infection in the Veterans Administration. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2018; 32:84-91. [PMID: 29620926 DOI: 10.1089/apc.2017.0213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Black persons with HIV are less likely than white persons to experience viral control even while in treatment. We sought to understand whether patient characteristics and site of care explain these differences using a cross-sectional analysis of medical records. Our cohort included 8779 black and 7836 white patients in the Veterans Administration (VA) health system with HIV who received antiretroviral medication during 2013. Our primary outcome, viral control, was defined as HIV serum RNA <200 copies/mL. We examined the degree to which racial differences in viral control are related to site of care, patient characteristics (demographics, HIV treatment history, comorbid conditions, time in care, and medication adherence), retention in care, and combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) adherence, using multi-variable logistic regression models. Compared to whites, blacks were younger and had lower CD4 counts, more comorbidities, lower retention in care, and poorer medication adherence. The odds of uncontrolled viral load were 2.02 (p < 0.001) for black relative to white patients without risk adjustment (15% vs. 8% uncontrolled viral load, respectively). The odds decreased to 1.83 (p < 0.001), 1.65 (p < 0.001), 1.62 (p < 0.001), and 1.24 (p = 0.01) in models that sequentially controlled for site of care, age and clinical characteristics, care retention, and cART adherence, respectively. Overall, 51% of the viral control difference between blacks and whites was accounted for by adherence; 26% by site of care. We conclude that differences in the site of HIV care and cART adherence account for most of the difference in viral control between black and white persons receiving HIV care, although the exact pathway by which this relationship occurs is unknown. Targeting poorer performing sites for quality improvement and focusing on improving antiretroviral adherence in black patients may help alleviate disparities in viral control.
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- Mary S. Vaughan Sarrazin
- Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Center for Innovation to Implementation (Ci2i), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California
- Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- VA Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at ENRM Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts
- Department of Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- VA Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at ENRM Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts
- Department of Health Law, Policy & Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Stoicea N, You T, Eiterman A, Hartwell C, Davila V, Marjoribanks S, Florescu C, Bergese SD, Rogers B. Perspectives of Post-Acute Transition of Care for Cardiac Surgery Patients. Front Cardiovasc Med 2017; 4:70. [PMID: 29230400 PMCID: PMC5712014 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2017.00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Post-acute care (PAC) facilities improve patient recovery, as measured by activities of daily living, rehabilitation, hospital readmission, and survival rates. Seamless transitions between discharge and PAC settings continue to be challenges that hamper patient outcomes, specifically problems with effective communication and coordination between hospitals and PAC facilities at patient discharge, patient adherence and access to cardiac rehabilitation (CR) services, caregiver burden, and the financial impact of care. The objective of this review is to examine existing models of cardiac transitional care, identify major challenges and social factors that affect PAC, and analyze the impact of current transitional care efforts and strategies implemented to improve health outcomes in this patient population. We intend to discuss successful methods to address the following aspects: hospital-PAC linkages, improved discharge planning, caregiver burden, and CR access and utilization through patient-centered programs. Regular home visits by healthcare providers result in decreased hospital readmission rates for patients utilizing home healthcare while improved hospital-PAC linkages reduced hospital readmissions by 25%. We conclude that widespread adoption of improvements in transitional care will play a key role in patient recovery and decrease hospital readmission, morbidity, and mortality.
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- Nicoleta Stoicea
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States.,Department of Neurological Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
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Chakravarthy M. Modifying risks to improve outcome in cardiac surgery: An anesthesiologist's perspective. Ann Card Anaesth 2017; 20:226-233. [PMID: 28393785 PMCID: PMC5408530 DOI: 10.4103/aca.aca_20_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Challenging times are here for cardiac surgical and anesthesia team. The interventional cardiologist seem to have closed the flow of ‘good cases’ coming up for any of the surgery,; successful percutaneous interventions seem to be offering reasonable results in these patients, who therefore do not knock on the doors of the surgeons any more. It is a common experience among the cardiac anesthesiologists and surgeons that the type of the cases that come by now are high risk. That may be presence of comorbidities, ongoing medical therapies, unstable angina, uncontrolled heart failure and rhythm disturbances; and in patients with ischemic heart disease, the target coronaries are far from ideal. Several activities such as institution of preoperative supportive circulatory, ventilatory, and systemic disease control maneuvers seem to have helped improving the outcome of these ‘high risk ‘ patients. This review attempts to look at various interventions and the resulting improvement in outcomes. Several changes have happened in the realm of cardiac surgery and several more are en route. At times, for want of evidence, maximal optimization may not take place and the patient may encounter unfavorable outcomes.. This review is an attempt to bring the focus of the members of the cardiac surgical team on the value of preoperative optimization of risks to improve the outcome. The cardiac surgical patients may broadly be divided into adults undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery, valve surgery and pediatric patients undergoing repair/palliation of congenital heart ailments. Optimization of risks appear to be different in each genre of patients. This review also brings less often discussed issues such as anemia, nutritional issues and endocrine problems. The review is an attempt to data on ameliorating modifiable risk factors and altering non modifiable ones.
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- Murali Chakravarthy
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Relief, Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Ortiz SE, Kawachi I, Boyce AM. The medicalization of obesity, bariatric surgery, and population health. Health (London) 2016; 21:498-518. [DOI: 10.1177/1363459316660858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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This article examines how the medicalization of obesity validates the use of bariatric surgery to treat obesity in the United States and how expansions in access to bariatric surgery normalize surgical procedures as disease treatment and prevention tools. Building on this discussion, the article poses two questions for population health regarding health technology: (1) to what extent does bariatric surgery treat obesity in the United States while diverting attention away from the ultimate drivers of the epidemic and (2) to what extent does bariatric surgery improve outcomes for some groups in the US population while simultaneously generating disparities? We conduct a brief, historical analysis of the American Medical Association’s decision to reclassify obesity as a disease through internal documents, peer-reviewed expert reports, and major media coverage. We use medicalization theory to show how this decision by the American Medical Association channels increased focus on obesity into the realm of medical intervention, particularly bariatric surgery, and use this evidence to review research trends on bariatric surgery. We propose research questions that investigate the population health dimensions of bariatric surgery in the United States and note key areas of future research. Our objective is to generate a discourse that considers bariatric surgery beyond the medical realm to better understand how technological interventions might work collectively with population-level obesity prevention efforts and how, in turn, population health approaches may improve bariatric surgery outcomes.
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- Selena E Ortiz
- The Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Harvard University, USA
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African Americans Have Better Outcomes for Five Common Gastrointestinal Diagnoses in Hospitals With More Racially Diverse Patients. Am J Gastroenterol 2016; 111:649-57. [PMID: 27002802 DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2016.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to characterize the relationship between hospital inpatient racial diversity and outcomes for African-American patients including rates of major complications or mortality during hospitalization for five common gastrointestinal diagnoses. METHODS Using the 2012 National Inpatient Sample database, hospital inpatient racial diversity was defined as the percentage of African-American patients discharged from each hospital. Logistic regression was used to predict major complication rates or death, long length of stay, and high total charges. Control variables included age, gender, payer type, patient location, area-associated income quartile, hospital characteristics including size, urban vs. rural, teaching vs. nonteaching, region, and the interaction of the percentage of African Americans with patient race. RESULTS There were 848,395 discharges across 3,392 hospitals. The patient population was on average 27% minority (s.d.±21%) with African Americans accounting for 14% of all patients. Overall, African-American patients had higher rates of major complications or death relative to white patients (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.19; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.16-1.23). However, when treated in hospitals with higher patient racial diversity, African-American patients experienced significantly lower rates of major complications or mortality (aOR 0.80; 95% CI 0.74-0.86). CONCLUSIONS African Americans have better outcomes for five common gastrointestinal diagnoses when treated in hospitals with higher inpatient racial diversity. This has major ramifications on total hospital charges.
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Shaw JJ, Santry HP. Who Gets Early Tracheostomy?: Evidence of Unequal Treatment at 185 Academic Medical Centers. Chest 2016; 148:1242-1250. [PMID: 26313324 DOI: 10.1378/chest.15-0576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although the benefits of early tracheostomy in patients dependent on ventilators are well established, the reasons for variation in time from intubation to tracheostomy remain unclear. We identified clinical and demographic disparities in time to tracheostomy. METHODS We performed a level 3 retrospective prognostic study by querying the University HealthSystem Consortium (2007-2010) for adult patients receiving a tracheostomy after initial intubation. Time to tracheostomy was designated early (< 7 days) or late (> 10 days). Cohorts were stratified by time to tracheostomy and compared using univariate tests of association and multivariable adjusted models. RESULTS A total of 49,191 patients underwent tracheostomy after initial intubation: 42% early (n = 21,029) and 58% late (n = 28,162). On both univariate and multivariable analyses, women, blacks, Hispanics, and patients receiving Medicaid were less likely to receive an early tracheostomy. Patients in the early group also experienced lower rates of mortality (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.79-0.88). CONCLUSIONS Early tracheostomy was associated with increased survival. Yet, there were still significant disparities in time to tracheostomy according to sex, race, and type of insurance. Application of evidence-based algorithms for tracheostomy may reduce unequal treatment and improve overall mortality rates. Additional research into this apparent bias in referral/rendering of tracheostomy is needed.
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- Joshua J Shaw
- Department of Surgery and the Center for Outcomes Research-Surgical Research Scholars Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
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- Department of Surgery and the Center for Outcomes Research-Surgical Research Scholars Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
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Leigh JA, Alvarez M, Rodriguez CJ. Ethnic Minorities and Coronary Heart Disease: an Update and Future Directions. Curr Atheroscler Rep 2016; 18:9. [PMID: 26792015 PMCID: PMC4828242 DOI: 10.1007/s11883-016-0559-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the USA. Overall, heart disease accounts for about 1 in 4 deaths with coronary heart disease (CHD) being responsible for over 370,000 deaths per year. It has frequently and repeatedly been shown that some minority groups in the USA have higher rates of traditional CHD risk factors, different rates of treatment with revascularization procedures, and excess morbidity and mortality from CHD when compared to the non-Hispanic white population. Numerous investigations have been made into the causes of these disparities. This review aims to highlight the recent literature which examines CHD in ethnic minorities and future directions in research and care.
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- J Adam Leigh
- Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
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