Treatment in disproportionately minority hospitals is associated with an increased mortality in end-stage liver disease.
Journal
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
ISSN: 1473-5687
Titre abrégé: Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9000874
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 11 2021
01 11 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
17
8
2020
medline:
21
10
2021
entrez:
16
8
2020
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ppublish
Résumé
Racial and ethnic disparities are a barrier in delivery of healthcare across the USA. Care for minority patients tends to be clustered into a small number of providers at minority hospitals, which has been associated with worse clinical outcomes in several conditions. However, the outcomes of treatment in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) at predominately minority hospitals are unknown. We investigated the burden of the problem. We utilized the nationwide in-patient sample (NIS) to conduct a retrospective nationwide cohort analysis. All patients >18 years of age admitted with ESLD were included in the analysis. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to study the mortality rate among patients with ESLD treated at minority hospitals compared to nonminority hospitals. A total of 53 281 467 hospitalizations from the 2008 to 2014 NIS were analyzed. There were 163 470 patients with ESLD that met inclusion criteria. In-hospital mortality rates for all races were 8.0 and 8.1% in black and Hispanic minority hospitals, respectively, compared to 7.3% in nonminority hospitals (P < 0.01). On multivariate analysis, treatment of ESLD in black and Hispanic minority hospitals was associated with 11% [odds ratio (OR), 1.11; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.03-1.20; P < 0.01] and 22% (OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.09-1.37; P < 0.01) increased odds of death, respectively, compared to treatment in nonminority hospitals regardless of patient's race. Patients with ESLD treated at minority hospitals are faced with an increased mortality rate regardless of patient's race. This study highlights another quality gap that needs improvement to affect overall survival among patients with ESLD.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Racial and ethnic disparities are a barrier in delivery of healthcare across the USA. Care for minority patients tends to be clustered into a small number of providers at minority hospitals, which has been associated with worse clinical outcomes in several conditions. However, the outcomes of treatment in patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) at predominately minority hospitals are unknown. We investigated the burden of the problem.
METHODS
We utilized the nationwide in-patient sample (NIS) to conduct a retrospective nationwide cohort analysis. All patients >18 years of age admitted with ESLD were included in the analysis. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to study the mortality rate among patients with ESLD treated at minority hospitals compared to nonminority hospitals.
RESULTS
A total of 53 281 467 hospitalizations from the 2008 to 2014 NIS were analyzed. There were 163 470 patients with ESLD that met inclusion criteria. In-hospital mortality rates for all races were 8.0 and 8.1% in black and Hispanic minority hospitals, respectively, compared to 7.3% in nonminority hospitals (P < 0.01). On multivariate analysis, treatment of ESLD in black and Hispanic minority hospitals was associated with 11% [odds ratio (OR), 1.11; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.03-1.20; P < 0.01] and 22% (OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.09-1.37; P < 0.01) increased odds of death, respectively, compared to treatment in nonminority hospitals regardless of patient's race.
CONCLUSION
Patients with ESLD treated at minority hospitals are faced with an increased mortality rate regardless of patient's race. This study highlights another quality gap that needs improvement to affect overall survival among patients with ESLD.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32796359
pii: 00042737-202111000-00011
doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000001860
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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