Outcomes of major cardiac operations are not improved for black patients at black-serving institutions
Highest Black-serving quartile hospitals had worse clinical outcomes overall compared with those in the lowest Black-serving quartile. Unfortunately, Black patients had additional increased mortality, complications, postoperative length of stay, and costs at high Black-serving quartile institutions, highlighting the compounding effects of patient and hospital-level racial disparities.
Authors
- Amulya Vadlakonda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3778-1966)
- Peyman Benharash (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4705-0262)
- Troy N. Coaston
- Nikhil Chervu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0327-9847)
- Ifigenia Oxyzolou
- Sara Sakowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7318-7571)
- Saad Mallick
Institutions
- Core Laboratories (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JTCVS Open
- Published
- 2024-12-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2024.11.021
- Primary Topic
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00