2017
Universal Health Insurance and its association with long term outcomes in Pediatric Trauma Patients
Sharma M, Schoenfeld AJ, Jiang W, Chaudhary MA, Ranjit A, Zogg CK, Learn P, Koehlmoos T, Haider AH. Universal Health Insurance and its association with long term outcomes in Pediatric Trauma Patients. Injury 2017, 49: 75-81. PMID: 28965684, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.09.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChildChild, PreschoolDelivery of Health CareEthnicityFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Services AccessibilityHealthcare DisparitiesHumansInjury Severity ScoreInsurance, HealthLength of StayLongitudinal StudiesMaleMedicarePatient DischargeRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesUniversal Health InsuranceWounds and InjuriesConceptsPediatric trauma patientsTrauma patientsInjury Severity ScorePediatric trauma populationAcute care servicesLong-term outcomesMost common injuriesPost-discharge careLongitudinal cohort studyCohort studyDischarge careReadmission ratesWhite patientsInjury characteristicsOutpatient visitsTerm outcomesTrauma populationCommon injuriesSeverity scoreSevere traumaOutpatient servicesTrauma diagnosisPatientsCare servicesUniversal insuranceThe Need to Consider Longer-term Outcomes of Care
Zogg CK, Olufajo OA, Jiang W, Bystricky A, Scott JW, Shafi S, Havens JM, Salim A, Schoenfeld AJ, Haider AH. The Need to Consider Longer-term Outcomes of Care. Annals Of Surgery 2017, 266: 66-75. PMID: 28140382, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000001932.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanCaliforniaEmergency Service, HospitalHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHospital MortalityHumansIncomeInsurance CoverageInsurance, HealthLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient ReadmissionPostoperative ComplicationsProportional Hazards ModelsSurgical Procedures, OperativeSurvival AnalysisWhite PeopleYoung AdultConceptsLong-term outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksUnplanned readmissionMajor morbidityWhite patientsMinority patientsEthnic disparitiesEmergency general surgery patientsCalifornia State Inpatient DatabaseCox proportional hazards modelDiagnostic categoriesOlder adultsGeneral surgery patientsState Inpatient DatabasesProportional hazards modelRisk-adjusted differencesHispanic older adultsEGS patientsEGS volumeReadmission trendsSurgery patientsSurgical patientsHospital proportionInpatient DatabasePostacute phase
2016
Race-based differences in duration of stay among universally insured coronary artery bypass graft patients in military versus civilian hospitals
Chowdhury R, Davis WA, Chaudhary MA, Jiang W, Zogg CK, Schoenfeld AJ, Jaklitsch MT, Kaneko T, Learn PA, Haider AH, Schneider EB. Race-based differences in duration of stay among universally insured coronary artery bypass graft patients in military versus civilian hospitals. Surgery 2016, 161: 1090-1099. PMID: 27932028, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.10.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanCohort StudiesConfidence IntervalsCoronary Artery BypassCoronary Artery DiseaseDatabases, FactualFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHospital MortalityHospitals, MilitaryHospitals, PublicHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRegression AnalysisRisk AssessmentSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesUniversal Health InsuranceWhite PeopleConceptsCoronary artery bypass graftArtery bypass graftCoronary artery bypass graft patientsDuration of stayBypass graft patientsBypass graftRace-based differencesGraft patientsBlack patientsMilitary HospitalCivilian hospitalsHospital-level factorsEligible patientsWhite patientsMale patientsCivilian facilitiesWhite racePatientsStayTRICARE coverageNegative binomial regressionHospitalApparent mitigationGraftGreater durationRacial disparities in emergency general surgery
Zogg CK, Jiang W, Chaudhary MA, Scott JW, Shah AA, Lipsitz SR, Weissman JS, Cooper Z, Salim A, Nitzschke SL, Nguyen LL, Helmchen LA, Kimsey L, Olaiya ST, Learn PA, Haider AH. Racial disparities in emergency general surgery. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2016, 80: 764-777. PMID: 26958790, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBlack or African AmericanEmergency MedicineFemaleGeneral SurgeryHealthcare DisparitiesHospitals, GeneralHospitals, MilitaryHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedMilitary PersonnelNational Health Insurance, United StatesRetrospective StudiesSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesWhite PeopleWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultConceptsRisk-adjusted survival analysisMinority patientsSurvival analysisEmergency general surgery patientsRacial disparitiesGeneral surgery patientsSurgery-related morbidityLong-term outcomesRace-associated differencesEGS careTRICARE dataWorse mortalityMajor morbidityOperative interventionSurgery patientsWhite patientsEGS conditionsReadmission outcomesEffect modificationSurgical careDay outcomesPatientsCivilian hospitalsDiagnostic categoriesCare