2021
Reassessing the July Effect: 30 Years of Evidence Show No Difference in Outcomes
Zogg CK, Metcalfe D, Sokas CM, Dalton MK, Hirji SA, Davis KA, Haider AH, Cooper Z, Lichtman JH. Reassessing the July Effect: 30 Years of Evidence Show No Difference in Outcomes. Annals Of Surgery 2021, 277: e204-e211. PMID: 33914485, PMCID: PMC8384940, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJuly effectMajor morbidityPatient outcomesMajor adverse outcomesNationwide Readmissions DatabaseAdverse patient outcomesSystem-level factorsUS patientsAdverse outcomesSurgical conditionsInclusion criteriaPaucity of studiesReadmissionPatient encountersSystematic reviewMorbidityOutcomesNegative resultsMortalityYears of evidenceTotalYearsEvidencePatientsAdmission
2015
Inpatient Pediatric Tonsillectomy
Raol N, Zogg CK, Boss EF, Weissman JS. Inpatient Pediatric Tonsillectomy. Otolaryngology 2015, 154: 486-493. PMID: 26701174, PMCID: PMC8278804, DOI: 10.1177/0194599815621739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildren's teaching hospitalLength of stayInpatient tonsillectomyTeaching hospitalNonteaching hospitalsInpatient DatabaseHospital typeRisk-adjusted generalized linear modelsRisk-adjusted logistic regressionNational estimatesInpatient pediatric tonsillectomyMajor perioperative complicationsKids' Inpatient DatabaseClustering of patientsCost of careYears of ageCross-sectional analysisSystem-level factorsPerioperative complicationsPatient factorsPediatric tonsillectomyHospital costsHigher oddsClaims dataTonsillectomyFrom understanding to action: interventions for surgical disparities
Hisam B, Zogg CK, Chaudhary MA, Ahmed A, Khan H, Selvarajah S, Torain MJ, Changoor NR, Haider AH. From understanding to action: interventions for surgical disparities. Journal Of Surgical Research 2015, 200: 560-578. PMID: 26526625, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurgical disparitiesCombination of patientQuality improvement initiativesHealth care disparitiesDoctor-patient communicationSystem-level factorsField of surgeryCochrane LibraryCare disparitiesMultiple interventionsUnderstanding of disparitiesSuccessful alleviationImprovement initiativesInterventionSurgeryForm of interventionPossible interventionsDisparities