2020
Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States.
Hsiang WR, Wiznia D, Yousman L, Najem M, Mosier-Mills A, Jin G, Jain S, Khunte A, Davis KA, Forman HP, Schuster KM. Urgent Care Centers Delay Emergent Surgical Care Based on Patient Insurance Status in The United States. Annals Of Surgery 2020, 272: 548-553. PMID: 32932304, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent care centersMedicaid patientsCare centerInsurance typePrivate patientsEmergent surgical careEmergent surgical casesUrgent surgical conditionIncarcerated inguinal herniaEmergency department referralsPatient insurance statusED referralsInsurance statusReferral ratesInguinal herniaSurgical conditionsSurgical careSurgical casesPatientsPrivate insuranceCliniciansStandardized scriptMedicaidCareEmergent conditions
2015
The “Hispanic Paradox” Exists in Emergent Conditions: Better or Equivalent Surgical Outcomes Among US Hispanic Emergency General Surgery Patients
Ordóñez C, Haider A, Zogg C, Herrera-Escobar J, Uribe-Leitz T, Bhulani N, Shafi S, Davis K. The “Hispanic Paradox” Exists in Emergent Conditions: Better or Equivalent Surgical Outcomes Among US Hispanic Emergency General Surgery Patients. Panamerican Journal Of Trauma Critical Care & Emergency Surgery 2015, 8: 36-51. DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10030-1235.Peer-Reviewed Original Research