Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Quality of Care for Patients With Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Treated With Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial disparities have been demonstrated in many facets of health care, but a comprehensive understanding of who is most at risk for substandard surgical care of gastrointestinal tract cancers is lacking.

Objective

To examine racial disparities in quality of care of patients with gastrointestinal tract cancers.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study of patients with gastrointestinal tract cancer included the US population as captured in the National Cancer Database with a diagnosis from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2017. Participants included 565 124 adults who underwent surgical resection of gastrointestinal tract cancers. Data were analyzed from June 21 to December 23, 2021.

Exposures

Race and site of cancer.

Main

SUBMITTER: Bakkila BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8980937 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature