Racial disparity in cardiac surgery risk and outcome: Report from a statewide quality initiative.

CONCLUSIONS: African American cardiac surgery patients have the highest preoperative risk in Maryland. Patients appeared to receive excellent cardiac surgery care, regardless of race, as risk adjusted mortality did not differ between groups and African American patients had lower risk adjusted odds of major morbidity or mortality than white patients. Future interventions in Maryland should be aimed at reducing preoperative risk disparity in cardiac surgery patients. PMID: 31962111 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research