Shift from predominantly white to predominantly black staff: a retrospective study relating to surgical care

This nine-year study on hysterectomy patients at Southwest Community Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, indicates that a shift in hospital staff from predominantly white to predominantly black had no detrimental effect on quality of care. The study also shows that the number of consultations increased with the influx of obstetrical/gynecological (ob/gyn) physicians. At the same time, there was an approximately 90 percent positive correlation between clinical and pathological diagnoses with the influx of black ob/gyn physicians to the staff.