Understanding the impact of racism on surgical outcomes in settler nation-states USA and Canada: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To improve surgical quality and safety, health systems must prioritise equitable care for surgical patients. Racialised patients experience worse postoperative outcomes when compared with non-racialised surgical patients in settler colonial nation-states. Identifying preventable adverse outcomes for equity-deserving patient populations is an important starting point to begin to address these gaps in care. To derive literature-based estimates of the outcome gap for racialised surgical patients, we will systematically review and meta-analyse rates of adverse postoperative events associated with common and/or high-risk operations performed in Canada and the USA.

Methods and analysis

An electronic search of Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Central, CINAHL a

SUBMITTER: Adedipe I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784418 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature