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Association of social vulnerability with the use of high-volume and Magnet recognition hospitals for hepatopancreatic cancer surgery by Adrian Diaz; J. Madison Hyer; Rosevine Azap; Diamantis Tsilimigras; Timothy M. Pawlik is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: In an effort to improve perioperative and oncologic outcomes, there have been multiple quality improvement initiatives, including regionalization of high-risk procedures and hospital accreditation designations from independent organizations. these initiatives may, however, hinder access to high-quality surgical care for certain patients living in areas with high social vulnerability who may be disproportionally affected, leading to disparities in access and worse postoperative outcomes. ## Methods: Medicare beneficiaries who underwent liver or pancreas resection for cancer were identified using the 100% medicare inpatient standard analytic files. hospitals were designated as high-volume based on leapfrog criteria. the centers for disease control and prevention's social vulnerability index database was used to abstract social vulnerability index information based on each beneficiary's county of residence at the time of operation. the probability that a patient received care at a high-volume hospital stratified by the social vulnerability of the patient's county of residence was examined. risk-adjusted postoperative outcomes were compared across low, average, and high
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- Author
- Adrian Diaz; J. Madison Hyer; Rosevine Azap; Diamantis Tsilimigras; Timothy M. Pawlik
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)