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Healthcare disparities and pelvic organ prolapse operative complications: a nationwide analysis

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Abstract

Introduction and hypothesis

The objective of this study was to evaluate the differences in the incidence of peri-operative complications at the time of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair based on health care disparities such as race and socioeconomic status.

Methods

The National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database was queried using ICD-9/-10 codes for patients aged >18 years undergoing POP repair in 2008–2018. Demographic information, Elixhauser Comorbidity Index (ECI), insurance status, and peri-operative complications were extracted. Multivariate weighted logistic regression using the discharge weights from NIS were constructed on binary outcomes. Complications with at least 1% incidence were included in the analysis.

Results

A total of 172,483 POP repair patients were analyzed: 130,022 (75.4%) were white, 10,561 (6.1%) were Black, 21,915 (12.7%) were Hispanic, and 9,985 (5.8%) were of other races. Patients with Medicaid as well as Black, Hispanic, and other races had higher odds of developing postoperative complications such as urinary tract infections, sepsis, and acute renal failure (p value <0.001–0.02). These were also more common in smaller, rural hospitals and with patients with an annual income of $45,999 or less (p value <0.001–0.03). Black and Hispanic patients had lower odds of intraoperative complications such as hemorrhage (aOR 0.77, 95% CI 0.71–0.84; aOR 0.75, 95% CI 0.7–0.8 respectively) or abdominopelvic injury (aOR 0.86, 95% CI 0.81–0.92; aOR 0.93, 95% CI 0.79–0.88 respectively) compared with white patients.

Conclusion

Nonwhite patients with lower socioeconomic status had increased postoperative complications and fewer intraoperative complications from POP surgery, whereas white patients with higher socioeconomic status had more intraoperative complications.

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Abbreviations

AIC:

Akaike information criterion

ECI:

Elixhauser Co-morbidity Index

ICD:

International Classification of Diseases

NIS:

National Inpatient Sample

NSQIP:

National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

POP:

Pelvic organ prolapse

UTI:

Urinary tract infection

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Sarah K. Rozycki, Emily C. Rutledge & Danielle D. Antosh

  2. Houston Methodist Research Institute, Center for Outcomes Research, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Tariq Nisar

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Urogynecology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA

    Ghanshyam S. Yadav

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S.K. Rozycki: project development, data collection, manuscript writing; E.C. Rutledge: project development, data collection, manuscript writing; T. Nisar: data analysis, data collection, manuscript writing; G.S. Yadav: project development, data collection, manuscript writing; D.D. Antosh: project development, data collection, manuscript editing.

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S.K. Rozycki, E.C. Rutledge, T. Nisar, and G.S. Yadav have no conflicts of interest to disclose. D.D. Antosh is a site primary investigator for Cooke Myosite Trial (IND 11618).

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Rozycki, S.K., Rutledge, E.C., Nisar, T. et al. Healthcare disparities and pelvic organ prolapse operative complications: a nationwide analysis. Int Urogynecol J 34, 2893–2899 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-023-05620-3

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