Explaining racial disparities in surgical survival: a tapered match analysis of patient and hospital factors

Objectives Evaluate whether hospital factors, including nurse resources, explain racial differences in Medicare black and white patient surgical outcomes and whether disparities changed over time.Design Retrospective tapered-match.Setting 571 hospitals at two time points (Early Era 2003–2005; Recent...

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Published in:	BMJ Open
Main Authors:	Linda H Aiken, Karen B Lasater, Paul R Rosenbaum, Joseph G Reiter, Jeffrey H Silber, Matthew D McHugh, J Margo Brooks-Carthon, Rachel R Kelz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2023-05-01
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/5/e066813.full