Facility exposure to wildfire disasters and hospital length of stay following lung cancer surgery
Patients whose facility was impacted by a wildfire disaster during recovery from lung cancer surgery had longer LOS than similar patients treated at the same facility but at times when no disaster occurred. Such findings complicate the use of LOS as a post-operative quality metric. Future studies should evaluate whether extended hospital stay improves surgical care outcomes during disasters. Moreover, these findings should be considered for disaster preparedness guidelines tailored to vulnerable patient populations.
Authors
- K. Robin Yabroff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0644-5572)
- Amruta Nori‐Sarma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-6811)
- James M. Shultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3279-5533)
- Letícia Nogueira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6990-3660)
- Elizabeth Yates
- R. Burciaga Valdez
Institutions
- American Cancer Society (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- University of New Mexico (US)
- University of Miami Health System (US)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US)
- Miami University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaf040
- Primary Topic
- Disaster Response and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00