Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus-related Disparities in Undergoing Emergency General Surgical Procedures in the United States, 2016-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWHIV) and people living with hepatitis C virus (PLWHCV) experience inequities in receipt of emergency general surgery (EGS) care.

Background

PLWHIV and PLWHCV face discrimination in many domains; it is unknown whether this extends to the receipt of EGS care.

Methods

Using data from the 2016 to 2019 National Inpatient Sample, we examined 507,458 nonelective admissions of adults with indications for one of the 7 highest-burden EGS procedures (partial colectomy, small-bowel resection, cholecystectomy, operative management of peptic ulcer disease, lysis of peritoneal adhesions, appendectomy, or laparotomy). Using logistic regression, we evaluated the association between HIV/HCV status and th

SUBMITTER: Himmelstein KEW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10674045 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature