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Area of Science:

  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Socioeconomic Disparities in Healthcare
  • Oncology

Background:

  • Lung cancer presents a significant public health challenge with documented disparities in mortality across socioeconomic and racial groups.
  • Investigated potential disparities in surgical treatment decisions for lung cancer based on patient race and insurance status.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if thoracic surgeons' treatment choices for lung cancer differ based on patient race or insurance status.
  • To identify associations between patient demographics and the utilization of complex pulmonary resections.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery database (2012-2017).
  • Inclusion of 75,774 lung cancer patients with complete race and insurance data undergoing pulmonary resection.
  • Categorization of operations into standard (lobectomy, bilobectomy, wedge) and complex (pneumonectomy, sleeve, segmentectomy, etc.) procedures.
  • Application of univariate and multivariate logistic regression to assess factors associated with complex operations.

Main Results:

  • Patients with private insurance (14.4%) were more likely to receive complex operations compared to those with government insurance (11.6%).
  • White patients (12.2%) had a higher incidence of complex operations than Nonwhite patients (11.3%).
  • Multivariate analysis confirmed private insurance (OR=1.08) and White race (OR=0.93) were associated with increased likelihood of complex operations.

Conclusions:

  • White patients and those with private insurance received complex thoracic surgical operations more frequently.
  • Patient race and medical insurance type are potential factors influencing the decision-making process for complex thoracic surgical procedures.