Disparities in Care: Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Pancreatic Surgery: Exploring the National Cancer Database.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-2019
Abstract
Studies have shown high-volume institutions have decreased mortality and increased survival for pancreatectomy. However, not all patients can travel to high-volume centers. Socioeconomic factors may influence treatment decisions. The goal of this study is to examine socioeconomic factors that determine where a patient is treated and how that location affects outcome. This is a retrospective study of the National Cancer Database of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer from 2004 to 2014. The primary outcome was to examine socioeconomic factors that predicted where a patient underwent their pancreatectomy. Patients treated at academic programs (APs) had to travel a mean distance of 80.9 miles, whereas patients treated at community programs (CPs) had to travel 31.7 miles (
Volume
85
Issue
4
First Page
327
Last Page
334
ISSN
1555-9823
Published In/Presented At
Makar, M., Worple, E., Dove, J., Hunsinger, M., Arora, T., Oxenberg, J., & Blansfield, J. A. (2019). Disparities in Care: Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Pancreatic Surgery: Exploring the National Cancer Database. The American surgeon, 85(4), 327–334.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
31043190
Department(s)
Hematology-Medical Oncology Division
Document Type
Article