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Abstract
Background
We examined whether hospital resources mediated the association between race/ethnicity and postoperative VTE, in a national cohort.
Methods
National Inpatient Sample data were restricted to major abdominal surgeries (1993–2020) performed for malignancies. Hospital resource index was as a summary measure of hospital size, teaching status, and private payor proportions. The composite VTE outcome included postoperative deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Adjusted logistic regression with 4-way decomposition described joint and mediating effects.
Results
Among 1,169,862 surgeries, unadjusted VTE rate was 1.0 % (14,789). VTE risk was 28 % higher for Black/African Americans (adjusted Odds Ratio = 1.28, 95 % CI: 1.21, 1.37) relative to White/Caucasians. VTE risk was lower among Black individuals as hospital resource index increased (excess risk = −0.005, p < 0.001), with an effect size of likely minimal clinical impact.
Conclusion
Cohorts that are more vulnerable to postoperative VTE did not meaningfully benefit from improving hospital resources. It is likely that lifestyle modifying behaviors, environmental factors, and comorbidity management are more influential in reducing risks.
期刊介绍:
The American Journal of Surgery® is a peer-reviewed journal designed for the general surgeon who performs abdominal, cancer, vascular, head and neck, breast, colorectal, and other forms of surgery. AJS is the official journal of 7 major surgical societies* and publishes their official papers as well as independently submitted clinical studies, editorials, reviews, brief reports, correspondence and book reviews.