Access and Care Disparities in Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Janeway et al are to be congratulated on their work, which analyzed the association of socioeconomic status with ambulatory surgery center (ASC) access and outcomes in Florida and New York. The study used 3 years of data (2011-2013) from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project of the Agency for Health Research and Quality. The State Ambulatory Surgery and Services Databases comprise a subset of the data, which include ambulatory surgery discharge records from both hospital-affiliated and freestanding ASCs. Florida and New York were chosen for comparison based on their high volumes of ambulatory procedures and the consistency and completeness of their data.
Source: JAMA Surgery - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research