Examining Causes of Racial Disparities in General Surgical Mortality: Hospital Quality Versus Patient Risk

BACKGROUND:Racial disparities in general surgical outcomes are known to exist but not well understood. OBJECTIVES:To determine if black-white disparities in general surgery mortality for Medicare patients are attributable to poorer health status among blacks on admission or differences in the qualit...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical care 2015-07, Vol.53 (7), p.619-629
Hauptverfasser:	Silber, Jeffrey H., Rosenbaum, Paul R., Kelz, Rachel R., Gaskin, Darrell J., Ludwig, Justin M., Ross, Richard N., Niknam, Bijan A., Hill, Alex, Wang, Min, Even-Shoshan, Orit, Fleisher, Lee A.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Americans Aged European Continental Ancestry Group Female General Surgery - standards Health Services Research Health Status Healthcare Disparities - ethnology Hospital Mortality Hospitals Humans Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Male Medicare Mortality Original Article Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data Quality Indicators, Health Care Quality of care Racial differences Risk Assessment Surgical outcomes United States
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