医院质量和性尿癌手术后结果的种族差异
Christopher P Dall1,2, Xiu Liu1, Kassem S Faraj3
1Department of Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Cancer medicine
|December 3, 2024
概括
更高的医院质量缩小了前列腺,脏和膀癌的手术结果的种族差异. 与白人患者相比,黑人患者经历了更糟糕的结果,并减少了进入顶级医院的机会.
科学领域:
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 手术瘤学手术瘤学
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 对于固体器官癌症的手术结果的种族差异得到了充分证实.
- 生殖尿道癌症手术结果显示了显著的种族差异.
研究的目的:
- 研究医院质量与种族差异之间的关系,以实现前列腺,脏和膀癌手术的教科书结果.
- 评估更高的医院质量是否减少了黑人和白人患者之间手术结果的差异.
主要方法:
- 国家医疗保险数据 (2017-2020年) 对激进囊切除术,切除术和前列腺切除术的分析.
- 医院质量通过教科书结果的预测与预期的比率来评估,独立于社会经济因素.
- 教科书结局定义为没有住院死亡率,30天死亡率,30天再入院,术后并发症和长时间住院.
主要成果:
- 医院质量的提高与实现教科书成果的种族差距缩小相关.
- 医院质量评分的0.1个增加使教科书结果中的黑白差异减少了5.7% (OR:1.06,p=0.026).
- 黑人患者在最优质的医院接受治疗的可能性低于白人患者 (45.2%对49.5%,p<0.001).
结论:
- 黑人患者在生殖尿路癌症手术后,与白人患者相比,获得教科书结果的几率较低.
- 提高医院质量与减少手术结果的种族差异有关.
- 改善黑人患者获得高质量护理的机会对于解决这些差异至关重要.
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