Study examines association of race, insurance status with diverticulitis presentation and treatment

Among patients undergoing surgery for diverticulitis, race was associated with a complicated presentation and in-hospital mortality, but not with receiving a colostomy, whereas insurance status was associated with complicated presentation, in-hospital mortality and receiving a colostomy, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The results suggest that racial disparities in outcomes may be related to the patients' initial condition rather than differences in treatment...

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