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Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Against Medical Advice Hospital Discharge After Colectomy in the USA: a Retrospective Cohort Study

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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) NSQIP and the hospitals participating in the ACS NSQIP were the source of the data used herein; they did not verify and are not responsible for the statistical validity of the data analysis or the conclusions derived by the authors.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 20037, USA

    Michael Mazzeffi, Ryan Keneally & Danielle Davison

  2. Department of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

    Hope T. Jackson & Khashayar Vaziri

  3. Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Bhiken Naik

  4. George Washington University Milken School of Public Health, Washington, DC, USA

    Rundell Douglas

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M. M.: this author made substantial contributions to the conception, design, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of study data; drafted the manuscript; provided critical revisions to the manuscript; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work; approved the final manuscript; and is the author responsible for archiving the study files.

R. K.: this author made substantial contributions to the conception, design, analysis, and interpretation of study data; drafted the manuscript; provided critical revisions to the manuscript; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work; and approved the final manuscript.

H. T. J.: this author made substantial contributions to the conception, design, analysis, and interpretation of study data; drafted the manuscript; provided critical revisions to the manuscript; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work; and approved the final manuscript.

B. N.: this author made substantial contributions to the conception, design, analysis, and interpretation of study data; drafted the manuscript; provided critical revisions to the manuscript; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work; and approved the final manuscript.

R. D.: this author made substantial contributions to the conception, design, analysis, and interpretation of study data; drafted the manuscript; provided critical revisions to the manuscript; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work; and approved the final manuscript.

D. D.: this author made substantial contributions to the conception, design, analysis, and interpretation of study data; drafted the manuscript; provided critical revisions to the manuscript; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work; and approved the final manuscript.

K. V.: this author made substantial contributions to the conception, design, analysis, and interpretation of study data; drafted the manuscript; provided critical revisions to the manuscript; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work; and approved the final manuscript.

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Michael Mazzeffi received consulting fees from Hemosonics Corporation and Octapharma.

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Mazzeffi, M., Keneally, R., Jackson, H.T. et al. Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Against Medical Advice Hospital Discharge After Colectomy in the USA: a Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gastrointest Surg 27, 594–597 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-022-05444-4

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