Inequities in 'failure to rescue' for Indigenous Maori after gastrointestinal cancer surgery in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indigenous populations worldwide experience unjust inequities in surgical outcomes. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Indigenous Māori experience poorer health outcomes, including higher rates of postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to quantify ethnic disparities in 'failure to rescue' (FTR), complications, and mortality following gastrointestinal cancer surgery and to analyse trends over time.

Methods

A retrospective national population-based cohort study of patients undergoing resection for gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary cancers from 2005 to 2020 was conducted. Self-reported ethnicity data were collected at the time of surgery. The primary outcome was FTR, defined as mortality following a complication within 90 days of surgery.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Wells CI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12358644 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature