2023
The 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
2017
The 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
Differential access to care: The role of age, insurance, and income on race/ethnicity-related disparities in adult perforated appendix admission rates
Zogg CK, Scott JW, Jiang W, Wolf LL, Haider AH. Differential access to care: The role of age, insurance, and income on race/ethnicity-related disparities in adult perforated appendix admission rates. Surgery 2016, 160: 1145-1154. PMID: 27486003, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAge FactorsAppendicitisConfidence IntervalsEthnicityFemaleHealth Care SurveysHealth Services AccessibilityHealthcare DisparitiesHumansIncomeInsurance CoverageMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient AdmissionRacial GroupsRisk AssessmentRoleUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsAcute appendicitisAdmission ratesLack of differenceNationwide Inpatient SampleRisk-adjusted differencesUnited States populationRace/ethnicityPediatric studiesInpatient SampleWorse outcomesMinority patientsBetter outcomesUniversal insurancePatientsEthnic disparitiesLogistic regressionRole of ageEthnic inequitiesHealthcare ResearchAge incrementsOlder adultsAdultsDisparate outcomesEthnic differencesAppendicitisSetting a National Agenda for Surgical Disparities Research: Recommendations From the National Institutes of Health and American College of Surgeons Summit
Haider AH, Dankwa-Mullan I, Maragh-Bass AC, Torain M, Zogg CK, Lilley EJ, Kodadek LM, Changoor NR, Najjar P, Rose JA, Ford HR, Salim A, Stain SC, Shafi S, Sutton B, Hoyt D, Maddox YT, Britt LD. Setting a National Agenda for Surgical Disparities Research: Recommendations From the National Institutes of Health and American College of Surgeons Summit. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: 554-63. PMID: 26982380, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0014.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsBiomedical ResearchCultural CompetencyHealth Services AccessibilityHealthcare DisparitiesHumansNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)Physician-Patient RelationsPostoperative CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality of Health CareSocieties, MedicalSocioeconomic FactorsSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesConceptsAmerican CollegeSurgical disparitiesNational InstituteCare perspectiveRehabilitation-related factorsMultiple surgical proceduresDisparities researchPatient-clinician communicationHealth-National InstituteHealth care disparitiesPatient care perspectivePostoperative careAcute interventionAfrican American individualsMinority patientsSurgical proceduresLong-term effectsMortality riskCare disparitiesTop research prioritiesResearch prioritiesPatient centerednessGeographic disparitiesMinority HealthClinical qualityRacial 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
2015
Analgesic Access for Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients
Shah AA, Zogg CK, Zafar SN, Schneider EB, Cooper LA, Chapital AB, Peterson SM, Havens JM, Thorpe RJ, Roter DL, Castillo RC, Salim A, Haider AH. Analgesic Access for Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients. Medical Care 2015, 53: 1000-1009. PMID: 26569642, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbdominal PainAcute PainAdolescentAdultAgedAnalgesicsBlack or African AmericanDiagnostic Techniques and ProceduresEmergency Service, HospitalEthnicityFemaleHealth Care SurveysHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHospitalizationHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedNarcoticsRacial GroupsResidence CharacteristicsRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsTime FactorsWhite PeopleYoung AdultConceptsAcute abdominal painLower risk-adjusted oddsRisk-adjusted oddsAbdominal painRace/ethnicityEmergency departmentMinority patientsEthnic disparitiesNontraumatic acute abdominal painRisk-adjusted multivariable analysisNon-Hispanic black patientsNon-Hispanic white patientsRace/ethnicity-based differencesEthnic group patientsModerate-severe painPatient-reported painPatients 18 yearsProportion of patientsSubsequent inpatient admissionSurgery of TraumaRisk-adjusted differencesED wait timesNon-Hispanic blacksEthnic minority patientsUniform definition