2021
Healthcare Disparities in the Management of Acute Cholecystitis: Impact of Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Factors on Cholecystectomy vs Percutaneous Cholecystostomy
McCarty TR, Chouairi F, Hathorn KE, Sharma P, Muniraj T, Thompson CC. Healthcare Disparities in the Management of Acute Cholecystitis: Impact of Race, Gender, and Socioeconomic Factors on Cholecystectomy vs Percutaneous Cholecystostomy. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2021, 25: 880-886. PMID: 33629232, DOI: 10.1007/s11605-021-04959-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLength of stayCharlson Comorbidity IndexPercutaneous cholecystostomyAcute cholecystitisRace/ethnicityU.S. Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) databaseNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseAsian race/ethnicityHealthcare-related factorsHigher CCI scoresMedicare payer statusGood surgical candidatesMajority of patientsMultivariable logistic regressionUrban hospital locationUrban teaching hospitalSocioeconomic factorsCCI scoreComorbidity indexSurgical candidatesPayer statusMale genderHospital costsTeaching hospitalTreatment strategies
2020
781 SOCIOECONOMIC AND HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES AMONG PATIENTS TREATED FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS: A COMPARISON OF CHOLECYSTECTOMY VERSUS PERCUTANEOUS CHOLECYSTOSTOMY
McCarty T, Chouairi F, Hathorn K, Sharma P, Muniraj T, Thompson C. 781 SOCIOECONOMIC AND HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES AMONG PATIENTS TREATED FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS: A COMPARISON OF CHOLECYSTECTOMY VERSUS PERCUTANEOUS CHOLECYSTOSTOMY. Gastroenterology 2020, 158: s-1520-s-1521. DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(20)34482-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute cholecystitisPercutaneous cholecystostomyHealthcare disparitiesCholecystitisCholecystostomyPatients