Data on Pancreas Surgery Reported by Researchers at MedStar Health Research Institute (Medicaid beneficiaries undergoing complex surgery at quality…

Data on Pancreas Surgery Reported by Researchers at MedStar Health Research Institute (Medicaid beneficiaries undergoing complex surgery at quality care centers: insights into the Affordable Care Act)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Gastroenterology have been published. According to news originating from Hyattsville, Maryland, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "Medicaid beneficiaries do not have equal access to high-volume centers for complex surgical procedures. We hypothesize there is a large Medicaid Gap between those receiving emergency general vs complex surgery at the same hospital."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from MedStar Health Research Institute, "Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 1998 to 2010, we identified high-volume pancreatectomy hospitals. We then compared the percentage of Medicaid patients receiving appendectomies vs pancreatectomies at these hospitals. Hospital characteristics associated with increased Medicaid Gap were evaluated using generalized estimating equation models. A total of 602 hospital-years of data from 289 high-volume pancreatectomy hospitals were included. Median percentages of Medicaid appendectomies and pancreatectomies were 12.1% (interquartile range: 5.8% to 19.8%) and 6.7% (interquartile range: 0% to 15.4%), respectively. Hospitals that performed greater than or equal to 40 pancreatic resections per year had higher odds of having significant Medicaid Gap (odds ratio 2.3, 95% confidence interval 1.1 to 5.0)."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Gaps exist between the percentages of Medicaid patients receiving emergency general surgery vs more complex surgical care at the same hospital and may be exaggerated in hospitals with very high volume of complex elective surgeries."

For more information on this research see: Medicaid beneficiaries undergoing complex surgery at quality care centers: insights into the Affordable Care Act. American Journal of Surgery, 2016;211(4):750-754. American Journal of Surgery can be contacted at: Excerpta Medica Inc-Elsevier Science Inc, 685 Route 202-206 Ste 3, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; American Journal of Surgery - www.journals.elsevier.com/american-journal-of-surgery/)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from E.C. Hall, Univ Town Center, MedStar Hlth Res Inst, 6525 Belcrest Rd 700, Hyattsville, MD 20782, United States. Additional authors for this research include C.Y. Zheng, R.C. Langan, L.B. Johnson, N. Shara and W.B. Al-Refaie.

Keywords for this news article include: Surgery, Maryland, Hospital, Medicaid, Hyattsville, United States, Health Policy, Pancreatectomy, Gastroenterology, North and Central America

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