Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
Wolters KluwerNov 1 2024 Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons . The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
The analysis included 5,927 children who underwent reconstructive surgery for cleft lip between 2006 and 2012. Data were drawn from the nationwide Kids' Inpatient Database. About 63% of patients were White, 22% Hispanic, five percent Black, five percent Asian/Pacific Islander, and six percent "other" race/ethnicity. Timing and outcomes of cleft lip repair surgery were compared among groups.
...But most differences are not specifically related to race/ethnicity The researchers used several stepwise regression statistical models to adjust for the possible conflicting influence of many other medical and sociodemographic factors. While some differences by race/ethnicity persisted even after adjusting for these factors – such as delays in surgery among Hispanic and Asian children – most seemed to be more closely linked to other factors.
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