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To assess the quality and methodological rigor of statistical approaches used in published studies of racial and ethnic disparities in surgical care from 2021 to 2022.

July 9, 2024Annals of SurgeryOpen Access

Statistical Methods to Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Surgical Literature

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To assess the quality and methodological rigor of statistical approaches used in published studies of racial and ethnic disparities in surgical care from 2021 to 2022.
Systematically evaluated surgical literature published between 2021 and 2022 examining racial and ethnic disparities in surgical access, process quality, or outcomes (N=224).
Characterized studies using three methodological benchmarks: adjustment for social determinants of health (SDOH), accounting for patient clustering within healthcare providers, and differentiation between within-provider and between-provider effects.
Among 38 single-institution studies, 63.2% (n=24) adjusted for at least one SDOH variable.
Among 186 multi-institution studies, 60.8% (n=113) adjusted for at least one SDOH variable, and only 23.1% (n=43) appropriately controlled for patient clustering within providers.
Only 5.4% (n=10) of multi-institution studies evaluated whether disparities stemmed from within-provider versus between-provider effects.

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Systematic review finds widespread statistical design flaws in surgical racial disparity studies, highlighting the risk of inaccurate estimates across healthcare outcomes.

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Harris et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1568e337103a43379fb298 https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000006440

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Systematic review finds widespread statistical design flaws in surgical racial disparity studies, highlighting the risk of inaccurate estimates across healthcare outcomes.

Statistical Methods to Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Surgical Literature

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