Referral Networks, Racial Inequity, and Hospital Quality for Open Heart Surgery
Despite the improvement of previously described disparities in the quality of hospitals treating Black and White patients, Black patients remain less likely to undergo CABG at their lowest available mortality hospitals, possibly due to suboptimal physician referrals.
Authors
- Megan S. Schuler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6009-8367)
- Ioana Popescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-1949)
- C. Ben Gibson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2561-9574)
- Cheryl L. Damberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8169-9420)
- Shiyuan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-1347)
- Luke J. Matthews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-1007)
- José J. Escarce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9371-0068)
Institutions
- RAND Corporation (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.123.010778
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.26