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
2012
Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices
Brooke B, Dominici F, Pronovost P, Makary M, Schneider E, Pawlik T. Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices. Surgery 2012, 151: 651-659. PMID: 22261296, PMCID: PMC3414538, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGuideline AdherenceHealth Care SurveysHospitalsHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient SafetyPostoperative ComplicationsPractice Guidelines as TopicQuality Assurance, Health CareSurgical Procedures, OperativeUnited StatesConceptsHigh-risk operationsHospital compliancePostoperative complicationsSafe practiceOpen aortic aneurysm repairHospital-level confoundersRisk-adjusted oddsAortic aneurysm repairRandom effects logistic regression modelEffects logistic regression modelsCross-sectional analysisLogistic regression modelsSafety practicesNationwide hospitalsAneurysm repairRate of failureSurgical outcomesGastrectomy proceduresDecreased oddsComplicationsHospitalDecreased likelihoodHospital qualityLeapfrog GroupPatient safety