Ethnic Disparities in Use of Bariatric Surgery in the USA: the Experience of Native Americans

• Published in: Obesity surgery Vol. 30; no. 7; pp. 2612 - 2619
• Main Authors: Al-Sumaih, Ibrahim, Nguyen, Nga, Donnelly, Michael, Johnston, Brian, Khorgami, Zhamak, O’Neill, Ciaran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.07.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: American Indian or Alaska Native; Bariatric Surgery; Ethnicity; Expenditures; Fish oils; Gastrointestinal surgery; Healthcare Disparities; Hispanic or Latino; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Native North Americans; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Original Contributions; Surgery; United States - epidemiology; United States; United States > US; American Indians; Obesity; Health expenditure; Insurance; Bariatric surgery; Ethnic groups; Length of stay

Purpose To examine disparities in use of bariatric surgery in the USA with particular focus on the experience of Native Americans. Materials and Methods Multivariable logistic regression models were applied to the hospital discharge HCUP-NIS dataset (2008–2016) in order to examine the influence of e...