Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages S14-S20 , April 2010

Effects of ethnicity and insurance status on outcomes after thoracic endoluminal aortic aneurysm repair (TEVAR)

Received 18 November 2009 ,Accepted 24 November 2009.

References 

  1. Walsh SR, Tang TY, Sadat U, Naik J, Gaunt ME, Boyle JR. Endovascular stenting versus open surgery for thoracic aortic disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative results. J Vasc Surg. 2008;47:1094–1098
  2. Bavaria JE, Appoo JJ, Makaroun MS, Verter J, Yu ZF, Mitchell RS Gore T.A.G. Investigators. Endovascular stent grafting versus open surgical repair of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms in low-risk patients: a multicenter comparative trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;133:369–377
  3. Stone DH, Brewster DC, Kwolek CJ, Lamuraglia GM, Conrad MF, Chung TK, et al. Stent-graft versus open-surgical repair of the thoracic aorta: mid-term results. J Vasc Surg. 2006;44:1188–1197
  4. Clouse WD, Hallett JW, Schaff HV, Gayari MM, Ilstrup DM, Nelton LJ. Improved prognosis of thoracic aortic aneurysms: a population-based study. JAMA. 1998;280:1926–1929
  5. US Census Bureau, Population Division: Projections of the Population by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: 2010 to 2050: 2010 to 2050, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, 2008. Washington, DC: US Bureau of the Census
  6. Lemaire A, Cook C, Tackett S, Mendes DM, Shortell CK. The impact of race and insurance type on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. J Vasc Surg. 2008;47:1172–1180
  7. Boxer LK, Dimick JB, Wainess RM, Cowan JA, Henke PK, Stanley JC, et al. Payer status is related to differences in access and outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States. Surgery. 2003;134:142–145
  8. Vogel TR, Cantor JC, Dombrovskiy VY, Haser PB, Graham AM. AAA repair: sociodemographic disparities in management and outcomes. Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2008;42:550–560
  9. Giacovelli JK, Egorova N, Nowygrod R, Gelijns A, Kent KC, Morrissey NJ. Insurance status predicts access to care and outcomes of vascular disease. J Vasc Surg. 2008;48:905–911
  10. Bryant AS, Cerfolio RJ. Impact of race on outcomes of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2008;3:711–715
  11. Bouchardy C, Verkooijen HM, Fioretta G. Social class is an important and independent prognostic factor of breast cancer mortality. Int J Cancer. 2006;119:1145–1151
  12. Yoo HY, Thuluvath PJ. Outcome of liver transplantation in adult recipients: influence of neighborhood income, education and insurance. Liver Transpl. 2004;10:235–243
  13. Pieracci FM, Eachempati SR, Barie PS, Callahan MA. Insurance status, but not race, predicts perforation in adult patients with acute appendicitis. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;205:445–452
  14. Braveman P, Schaff VM, Egerter S, Bennett T, Schecter W. Insurance-related differences in the risk of ruptured appendix. N Engl J Med. 1994;331:444–449
  15. Cooper R, Cutler J, Desvigne-Nickens P, Fortmann SP, Friedman L, Havlik R, et al. Trends and disparities in coronary heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in the United States: findings of the National Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Circulation. 2000;102:3137–3147
  16. Alexander JW, Goodman HR, Hawver LRM, James L. The impact of Medicaid status on outcome after gastric bypass. Obes Surg. 2008;18:1241–1245
  17. Kokoska ER, Bird TM, Robbins JM, Smith SD, Corsi JM, Campbell BT. Racial disparities in the management of pediatric appendicitis. J Surg Res. 2007;137:83–88
  18. Martin LF, Tan TL, Holmes PA, Becker DA, Horn J, Mann LD, et al. Preoperative insurance status influences postoperative complication rates for gastric bypass. Am J Surg. 1991;161:625–634
  19. Dallal RM, Bailey L, Guenther L, Curley C, Sergi F. Comparative analysis of short-term outcomes after bariatric surgery between two disparate populations. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2008;4:110–114
  20. Lavernia CL, Lee D, Sierra RJ, Gomez-Marin O. Race, ethnicity, insurance coverage, and preoperative status of hip and knee surgical patients. J Arthroplasty. 2004;19:978–985
  21. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HCUP nationwide inpatient sample. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2003;
  22. Deyo RA, Cherkin DC, Ciol MA. Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative databases. J Clin Epidemiol. 1992;45:613–619
  23. Akerley WL, Moritz TE, Ryan LS, Henderson WG, Zacharski LR. Racial comparison of outcomes of male Department of Veterans Affairs patients with lung and colon cancer. Arch Intern Med. 1993;156:1681–1688
  24. Berthelsen CL. Evaluation of coding data quality of the HCUP National Inpatient Sample. Topics in Health Information Management. 2000;21:10

 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)02452-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.11.079

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages S14-S20 , April 2010

Article Tools