2023
Changes in Older Adult Trauma Quality When Evaluated Using Longer-Term Outcomes vs In-Hospital Mortality
Zogg C, Cooper Z, Peduzzi P, Falvey J, Castillo-Angeles M, Kodadek L, Staudenmayer K, Davis K, Tinetti M, Lichtman J. Changes in Older Adult Trauma Quality When Evaluated Using Longer-Term Outcomes vs In-Hospital Mortality. JAMA Surgery 2023, 158: e234856. PMID: 37792354, PMCID: PMC10551815, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.4856.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital-level factorsTraumatic brain injurySevere traumatic brain injuryHospital mortalityTrauma QualityOlder adultsHip fractureComposite scoreHigher risk-adjusted oddsLevel 1 trauma centerIn-Hospital MortalityRisk-adjusted oddsLong-term outcomesMultivariable logistic regressionNontrauma centersTrauma patientsTerm outcomesTrauma centerPrimary diagnosisBrain injuryTrauma systemMAIN OUTCOMEMedicare feeService claimsForms of traumaThe interaction between geriatric and neighborhood vulnerability: Delineating prehospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients
Zogg C, Falvey J, Kodadek L, Staudenmayer K, Davis K. The interaction between geriatric and neighborhood vulnerability: Delineating prehospital risk among older adult emergency general surgery patients. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2023, 96: 400-408. PMID: 37962136, PMCID: PMC10922165, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGeriatric vulnerabilitiesOlder adultsEGS careAdverse outcomesHospital Frailty Risk ScoreEmergency general surgery patientsGreater riskFlorida State Inpatient DatabaseFrailty Risk ScoreGeneral surgery patientsState Inpatient DatabasesArea Deprivation IndexEthnic minority patientsNeighborhood vulnerabilityEGS outcomesHazard ratioOlder patientsSurgery patientsPatient ageEGS conditionsInpatient DatabaseVulnerable patientsPatient residesMinority patientsRisk score
2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients
Zogg CK, Jiang W, Ottesen TD, Shafi S, Schuster K, Becher R, Davis KA, Haider AH. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Longer-term Outcomes Among Emergency General Surgery Patients. Annals Of Surgery 2018, 268: 968-979. PMID: 28742704, PMCID: PMC5783796, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002449.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency general surgery patientsNon-Hispanic whitesGeneral surgery patientsLong-term outcomesNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic AsiansMinority patientsMajor morbidityUnplanned readmissionSurgery patientsOlder adultsRisk-adjusted Cox proportional hazards modelsEthnic disparitiesCox proportional hazards modelDiagnostic categoriesRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesUS population agesProportional hazards modelNHB patientsNonagenarian patientsNHW patientsBACKGROUND DATAHospital's percentageMortality differencesMedicare data