From understanding to action: interventions for surgical disparities

Racial Disparity in Cardiac Surgery Risk and Outcome: Report From a Statewide Quality Initiative

“…The concepts of full patient engagement and shared decision making have been promoted to help build trust. 22 Some final goals that should be addressed are improved access to high-volume surgery centers, clinical trials, and new technologies such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 16,23 Our study has several limitations.…”

Role of in-hospital care quality in reducing anxiety and readmissions of kidney transplant recipients

“…Although several studies have directly linked quality of care within-hospital settings to patient health outcomes such as patient satisfaction and readmissions, [9][10][11] the transition of care after discharge is also important to the well-being of the patient. Given the importance of postdischarge self-managed care for kidney transplant recipients, we reason that, for such patients, anxiety after discharge may be the "missing link" between quality of care delivered at the hospital and clinical outcomes such as occurrence of readmissions.…”

The Association Between Medicare Eligibility and Gains in Access to Rehabilitative Care

“…(6,7) Studies have demonstrated an association between rehabilitation and patients' primary insurance payer. (8,9) As a driving component of disparities in healthcare access among trauma (10) and surgical (11,12) patients, variations in patients' ability to afford and, thereby, utilize rehabilitation are thought to have a direct effect on long-term outcomes following inpatient care. (6,7,13) Efforts to promote enhanced insurance coverage, such as establishment of public insurance programs through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), are intended to improve access to care, yet despite documented gains in insurance coverage, the success of these programs in promoting use of high-quality care, including the use of appropriate rehabilitation following acute traumatic injury, has not been extensively explored.…”