Differences in total shoulder arthroplasty utilization and 30-day outcomes among White, Black, and Hispanic patients: do disparities exist in the outpatient setting?

Autor: Rudisill SS; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Electronic address: srudisill24@gmail.com., Hornung AL; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA., Akosman I; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA., Amen TB; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA., Lovecchio FC; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA., Nwachukwu BU; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery [J Shoulder Elbow Surg] 2024 Jul; Vol. 33 (7), pp. 1536-1546. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 03.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2023.11.008
Abstrakt: Background: In the United States, efforts to improve efficiency and reduce healthcare costs are shifting more total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) surgeries to the outpatient setting. However, whether racial and ethnic disparities in access to high-quality outpatient TSA care exist remains to be elucidated. The purpose of this study was to assess racial/ethnic differences in relative outpatient TSA utilization and perioperative outcomes using a large national surgical database.
Methods: White, Black, and Hispanic patients who underwent TSA between 2017 and 2021 were identified from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics were collected, and rates of outpatient utilization, adverse events, readmission, reoperation, nonhome discharge, and mortality within 30 days of surgery were compared between racial/ethnic groups. Race/ethnicity-specific trends in utilization of outpatient TSA were assessed, and multivariable logistic regression was used to adjust for baseline demographic factors and comorbidities.
Results: A total of 21,186 patients were included, consisting of 19,135 (90.3%) White, 1093 (5.2%) Black, and 958 (4.5%) Hispanic patients and representing 17,649 (83.3%) inpatient and 3537 (16.7%) outpatient procedures. Black and Hispanic patients were generally younger and less healthy than White patients, yet incidences of complications, nonhome discharge, readmission, reoperation, and death within 30 days were similar across groups following outpatient TSA (P > .050 for all). Relative utilization of outpatient TSA increased by 28.7% among White patients, 29.5% among Black patients, and 38.6% among Hispanic patients (p trend <0.001 for all). Hispanic patients were 64% more likely than White patients to undergo TSA as an outpatient procedure across the study period (OR: 1.64, 95% CI 1.40-1.92, P < .001), whereas odds did not differ between Black and White patients (OR: 1.04, 95% CI 0.87-1.23, P = .673).
Conclusion: Relative utilization of outpatient TSA remains highest among Hispanic patients but has been significantly increasing across all racial and ethnic groups, now accounting for more than one-third of all TSA procedures. Considering outpatient TSA is associated with fewer complications and lower costs, increasing utilization may represent a promising avenue for reducing disparities in orthopedic shoulder surgery.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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