Racial Disparities in Complications, Length of Stay, and Costs Among Patients Receiving Orthognathic Surgery in the United States
Peck CJ, Pourtaheri N, Shultz BN, Parsaei Y, Yang J, Park KE, Allam O, Steinbacher D. Racial Disparities in Complications, Length of Stay, and Costs Among Patients Receiving Orthognathic Surgery in the United States. Journal Of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery 2020, 79: 441-449. PMID: 33058772, DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2020.09.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayWhite patientsOrthognathic surgeryRace/ethnicityHispanic patientsCongenital anomaliesHospital LOSAsian/Pacific Islander patientsProportion of patientsPacific Islander patientsKids' Inpatient DatabasePoor health outcomesAsian/Pacific IslandersDifferent races/ethnicitiesSurgical cohortComplication ratePrimary outcomeClinical manifestationsLatino patientsPreoperative diagnosisInpatient DatabaseKID databaseMultivariable regressionPatientsComplications