Health Care Disparities in Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy for Benign Indications
Wieslander C, Grimes C, Balk E, Hobson D, Ringel N, Sanses T, Singh R, Richardson M, Lipetskaia L, Gupta A, White A, Orejuela F, Meriwether K, Antosh D. Health Care Disparities in Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy for Benign Indications. Obstetrics And Gynecology 2023, 142: 1044-1054. PMID: 37826848, DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000005389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care disparitiesBenign indicationsCare disparitiesVaginal hysterectomyMedicare insuranceHysterectomy complicationsPatient-level outcomesMultivariable regression analysisInvasive hysterectomy proceduresHealth care systemPrior hysterectomyStrength of associationLaparoscopic hysterectomyBlack patientsMultivariable analysisSurgical outcomesPoor outcomeInsurance statusRisk markersIndependent associationEligible studiesSTUDY SELECTIONHysterectomy proceduresHysterectomyHispanic ethnicity