The relation between household income and surgical outcome in the Dutch setting of equal access to and provision of healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of socioeconomic disparities on surgical outcome in the absence of healthcare inequality remains unclear. Therefore, we set out to determine the association between socioeconomic status (SES), reflected by household income, and overall survival after surgery in the Dutch setting of equal access and provision of care. Additionally, we aim to assess whether SES is associated with cause-specific survival and major 30-day complications.

Methods

Patients undergoing surgery between March 2005 and December 2006 in a general teaching hospital in the Netherlands were prospectively included. Adjusted logistic and cox regression analyses were used to assess the independent association of SES-quantified by gross household income-with major 30-day complications and

SUBMITTER: Ultee KHJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5777644 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature