Publications by authors named "Samia Y Osman"
Background: The lack of consensus on equity measurement and its incorporation into quality-assessment programs at the hospital and system levels may be a barrier to addressing disparities in surgical care. This study aimed to identify population-level and within-hospital differences in the quality of surgical care provision.
Study Design: The analysis included 657 NSQIP participating hospitals with more than 4 million patients (2014 to 2018).
Article Synopsis
- - Disparities in surgical care in the US hinder equal access to high-quality treatments, prompting the American College of Surgeons to identify measures that address these disparities.
- - A systematic approach, including literature reviews and expert surveys, led to the identification of 841 potential measures, with a refined list of 125 consensus measures deemed important and valid.
- - These 125 measures can help monitor health disparities in surgical care, assess the effectiveness of interventions, and ultimately work towards reducing healthcare inequities in the system.
Introduction: The first states began implementing the Medicaid expansion provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014. Studies have yet to address its impact on burn patients.
Methods: Burn patients in geographic regions that expanded Medicaid coverage were compared to patients in regions that did not expand Medicaid before and after implementation of the ACA using bivariate statistics and a difference-in-differences model.
Background: The aim of this scoping review is to identify and summarize patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) that are being used to track long-term patient-reported outcomes (PROs) after injury and can potentially be included in trauma registries.
Methods: Online databases were used to identify studies published between 2013 and 2019, from which we selected 747 articles that involved survivors of acute physical traumatic injury aged 18 years or older at time of injury and used PROMs to evaluate recovery between 6 months and 10 years postinjury. Data were extracted and summarized using descriptive statistics and a narrative synthesis of the results.
Background: A significant proportion of patients who survive traumatic injury continue to suffer impaired functional status and increased mortality long after discharge. However, despite the need to improve long-term outcomes, trauma registries in the USA do not collect data on outcomes or care processes after discharge. One of the main barriers is the lack of consensus regarding the optimal outcome metrics.
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