Open AccessBreast Reconstruction Satisfaction Rates at a Large County Hospital
Author(s) -
Glenn M. Davis,
Julie E. Lang,
Miroslav Perić,
Helen Yang,
Daniel Artenstein,
Linda S. Chan,
Wesley Schooler,
Joseph Carey
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1536-3708
pISSN - 0148-7043
DOI - 10.1097/sap.0000000000000171
Subject(s) - medicine , breast reconstruction , patient satisfaction , breast cancer , population , medical record , current procedural terminology , family medicine , surgery , cancer , environmental health
It has been previously reported that the indigent patient population is less likely to seek breast reconstruction. It has also been reported that lower income women who do chose to undergo reconstruction are less satisfied with the results. This study assesses the level of breast reconstruction satisfaction in women treated at Los Angeles County Medical Center (LAC). For those women with lower satisfaction, we seek to identify the root source of this dissatisfaction.