Racial Disparities in Operative Procedure Time

• DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e31829101de
• Publication Date: 2013-03-29T12:28:00Z
• Authors: Jeffrey H. Silber; Paul R. Rosenbaum; Richard N. Ross; Orit Even-Shoshan; Rachel R. Kelz; Mark D. Neuman; Caroline E. Reinke; Justin M. Ludwig; Fabienne A. Kyle; Dale W. Bratzler; Lee A. Fleisher
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; Time Factors; Age Factors; Black People; Comorbidity; Anesthesia, General; Medicare; United States; White People; Body Mass Index; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; Sex Factors; Treatment Outcome; 0302 clinical medicine; International Classification of Diseases; Risk Factors; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Ethnicity; Humans; Obesity; Healthcare Disparities; Algorithms

Using Pennsylvania Medicare claims from 1995 to 1996, the authors previously reported that anesthesia procedure length appears longer in blacks than whites. In a new study using different and larger data set, now examine whether body mass index (BMI), not available claims, explains this difference. The also relative contributions of surgical times.