Urgent versus elective surgical disparities among American Indian and Alaska Native patients
Benjamin Brown,
Sarah Holt,
Kassandra Dindinger‐Hill
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundAmerican Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) health issues are understudied despite documentation of lower‐than‐average life expectancy. Urgent surgery is associated with higher rates of postsurgical complications and postoperative death. We assess whether American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) patients in Washington State are at greater risk of requiring urgent rather than elective surgery compared with non‐Hispanic Whites (NHW).MethodsWe accessed data for the period 2009–2014 from the Washington Stat… Show more
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