Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Providing Guideline-Concordant Care After Hip Fracture Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Institutions have adopted protocol-driven standardized hip fracture programs (SHFPs). However, concerns persist regarding bias in adherence to guideline-concordant care leading to disparities in implementing high-quality care for patients recovering from surgery for hip fracture.

Objective

To assess disparities in the implementation of guideline-concordant care for patients after hip fracture surgery in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) Targeted Hip Fracture (THF) Database.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study was conducted using the ACS-NSQIP THF database from 2016 to 2021 for patients aged 65 years and older with hip fractures undergoing surgical fixation. Care outcomes of ra

SUBMITTER: Bethell MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11350472 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature