Understanding Disparities in Receipt of Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery at a Small Geographic Scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To define neighborhood-level disparities in the receipt of complex cancer surgery.

Background

Little is known about the geographic variation of receipt of surgery among patients with complex gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, especially at a small geographic scale.

Methods

This study included individuals diagnosed with 5 invasive, nonmetastatic, complex GI cancers (esophagus, stomach, pancreas, bile ducts, liver) from the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System during 2009 and 2018. To preserve patient privacy, we combined US census tracts into the smallest geographic areas that included a minimum number of surgery cases (n=11) using the Max-p-regions method and called these new areas "MaxTracts." Age-adjusted surgery rates were calculated for MaxTracts, and t

SUBMITTER: Dong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10440364 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature