Hospital-Level Segregation Among Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Lung Cancer Resection

Association between hospital racial composition and aortic valve replacement outcomes: A national inpatients sample database analysis

“…11 This not only affects the quality of patient care but also results in prolonged hospital stays, readmissions, and subsequently, escalated costs. 14,[16][17][18][19]38,39 The limited financial bandwidth also impacts the availability of post-acute care services like rehabilitation or specialized nursing, forcing patients to stay in the acute care setting for longer than necessary, further amplifying costs.…”

“…Previous research has linked hospital racial composition to various healthcare outcomes, but the correlation between aortic valve replacement outcomes and hospital racial composition remains underexplored. [13][14][15][16][17][18] The outcomes of procedures, especially TAVI, are closely tied to the quality of care and available resources. TAVI, distinct from SAVR, necessitates a cohesive cardiac team, including cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, intensivists, nurses, and other healthcare staff, all working in tandem.…”

“…Such disparities can directly affect treatment choices and results. Previous research has linked hospital racial composition to various healthcare outcomes, but the correlation between aortic valve replacement outcomes and hospital racial composition remains underexplored 13–18 …”

Differences in outcomes by race/ethnicity after thoracic surgery in a large integrated health system

“…Studies examining outcome disparities in thoracic surgery are limited and largely focus on national database data with rudimentary outcomes such as mortality or whether or not treatment was performed [ [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] ]. We utilized electronically extracted data from our integrated health system electronic health record to identify all thoracic surgery patients who underwent surgery at our institution from 2016 through 2020 and to assess for outcome disparities by race/ethnicity.…”

“…Studies assessing such disparities within the field of thoracic surgery are limited, however, and represent a small proportion of the content presented at recent national thoracic surgery meetings [ 5 ]. Among publications evaluating race/ethnicity outcome disparities within thoracic surgery, populations studied are largely drawn from national databases which limits the granularity of the data and makes it difficult to relate to individual health center populations [ [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] ]. Similarly, the outcomes studied are frequently limited to rudimentary outcomes such as mortality and treatment performed [ [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , 16 , 18 , 19 ].…”