Racial differences in access to high-quality cardiac surgeons

D.B. Mukamel, A.S. Murthy and David Weimer

American Journal of Public Health, 2000, vol. 90, issue 11, 1774-1777

Abstract: Objectives. Racial differences in access to cardiac artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery are well documented. This study extends the literature by examining racial differences in access to high-quality cardiac surgeons. Methods. The analyses included 11296 CABG surgeries in New York State in 1996. Regression techniques were used to identify significant associations between a patient's race, health maintenance organization (HMO) enrollment, and the quality of the surgeon performing the surgery, measured by the surgeon's risk-adjusted mortality rate (RAMR). Results. Non-Whites were more likely than Whites to have access to surgeons of higher RAMR, by 11.7% among HMO enrollees (1-tailed P

Date: 2000
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