Olga Bougie1, Sukhbir S Singh2, Innie Chen2, Ellen P McCarthy3. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: bougieo@kgh.kari.net. 2. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 3. Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between race/ethnicity, route of hysterectomy, and risk of inpatient surgical complications. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis (Canadian Task Force classification III). SETTING: Inpatient hospitals in the United States. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS: There were 114 719 women aged 18 and older from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample who underwent an elective hysterectomy for benign indications using International Classification of Diseases codes. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Multivariable logistic regression was performed to examine the association between race/ethnicity and route of hysterectomy and surgical complications, after adjusting for patient characteristics, clinical factors, and hospital characteristics. Analyses were weighted to provide national estimates of prevalence. The rate of minimally invasive hysterectomy was 55.0% in white women, 28.6% in black women, 50.1% in Hispanic women, and 45.6% in other race/ethnic categories. Compared with white women, black women had a .55 odds (95% confidence interval, .52-.59) of undergoing minimally invasive hysterectomy, after adjusting for patient, clinical, and hospital characteristics. This finding remained consistent across quartiles of median household income of residence, primary payer, and diagnosis of myomas. Among women who had an elective hysterectomy, 6091 experienced a complication, representing an estimated 30 455 women nationwide. The rate of surgical complications was 5.3% in white women, 5.9% in black women, 4.6% in Hispanic women, and 5.1% in women of other racial/ethnic groups. There was no difference in odds of experiencing a surgical complication between white and black women (odds ratio, 1.03; 95% confidence interval, .93-1.13) after adjusting for patient, clinical, and hospital characteristics. This finding remained consistent across quartiles of median household income of residence, primary payer, and route of hysterectomy. CONCLUSION: Among women undergoing an elective hysterectomy, black women were less likely to receive minimally invasive hysterectomy compared with white women. However, the rate of inpatient surgical complications did not vary significantly by race/ethnicity. Further research is encouraged to identify and address the influential factors behind the disparity in minimally invasive hysterectomy use among black women in the United States.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between race/ethnicity, route of hysterectomy, and risk of inpatient surgical complications. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis (Canadian Task Force classification III). SETTING: Inpatient hospitals in the United States. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS: There were 114 719 women aged 18 and older from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample who underwent an elective hysterectomy for benign indications using International Classification of Diseases codes. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Multivariable logistic regression was performed to examine the association between race/ethnicity and route of hysterectomy and surgical complications, after adjusting for patient characteristics, clinical factors, and hospital characteristics. Analyses were weighted to provide national estimates of prevalence. The rate of minimally invasive hysterectomy was 55.0% in white women, 28.6% in black women, 50.1% in Hispanic women, and 45.6% in other race/ethnic categories. Compared with white women, black women had a .55 odds (95% confidence interval, .52-.59) of undergoing minimally invasive hysterectomy, after adjusting for patient, clinical, and hospital characteristics. This finding remained consistent across quartiles of median household income of residence, primary payer, and diagnosis of myomas. Among women who had an elective hysterectomy, 6091 experienced a complication, representing an estimated 30 455 women nationwide. The rate of surgical complications was 5.3% in white women, 5.9% in black women, 4.6% in Hispanic women, and 5.1% in women of other racial/ethnic groups. There was no difference in odds of experiencing a surgical complication between white and black women (odds ratio, 1.03; 95% confidence interval, .93-1.13) after adjusting for patient, clinical, and hospital characteristics. This finding remained consistent across quartiles of median household income of residence, primary payer, and route of hysterectomy. CONCLUSION: Among women undergoing an elective hysterectomy, black women were less likely to receive minimally invasive hysterectomy compared with white women. However, the rate of inpatient surgical complications did not vary significantly by race/ethnicity. Further research is encouraged to identify and address the influential factors behind the disparity in minimally invasive hysterectomy use among black women in the United States.
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