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Racial Disparities in Readmissions for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) After Colorectal Surgery JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY Gunnells, D. J., Morris, M. S., DeRussy, A., Gullick, A. A., Malik, T. A., Cannon, J. A., Hawn, M. T., Chu, D. I. 2016; 20 (5): 985-993

Abstract

The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in minorities is increasing, and health outcome disparities are becoming more apparent. Our aim was to investigate the contribution of race to readmissions in IBD patients undergoing colorectal surgery.The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database from 2012 to 2013 was queried for all patients with IBD undergoing elective colorectal surgery. After stratifying by race, unadjusted univariate and bivariate comparisons were made. Primary outcome was all-cause 30-day readmission. Predictors of readmission were identified using multivariable logistic regression.Of the 2523 patients with IBD who underwent elective colon surgery, 15.0 % were readmitted within 30 days of index operation. Black patients constituted 7.7 % of the entire cohort. Black patients were significantly different in smoking status (27 vs. 22 %) and Crohn's diagnosis (84 vs. 73 %) (p?

View details for DOI 10.1007/s11605-015-3068-9

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View details for PubMedID 26743885