Open AccessExplaining Racial Disparities in Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Govind Rangrass,
Amir A. Ghaferi,
Justin B. Dimick
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4041
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , odds ratio , mortality rate , logistic regression , coronary artery bypass surgery , demography , health equity , health care , odds , emergency medicine , public health , population , artery , environmental health , sociology , nursing , economics , economic growth
Racial disparities in mortality rates after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery are well established. We have yet to fully understand how care at high-mortality, low-quality hospitals contributes to racial disparities in surgical outcomes.
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