Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Postsurgical Complications Occurring in U.S. Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the role of patient, hospital, and community characteristics on racial and ethnic disparities in in-hospital postsurgical complications.

Data sources

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, 2011 State Inpatient Databases; American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals; Area Health Resources Files; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital Compare database.

Methods

Nonlinear hierarchical modeling was conducted to examine the odds of patients experiencing any in-hospital postsurgical complication, as defined by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators.

Principal findings

A total of 5,474,067 inpatient surgical discharges were assessed using multivariable logistic regression. Clinical risk, payer

SUBMITTER: Witt WP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5264108 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature