Population demographics in geographic proximity to hospitals with robotic platforms do not correlate with disparities in access to robotic surgery.

Journal: Surgical endoscopy
PMID: 32959179

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Disparities in access to robotic surgery have been shown on the local, regional, and national level. This study aims to see if the location of hospitals with robotic platforms (HWR) correlates with population trends to explain the disparity in access to robotic surgery.

Authors

  • Katherine Bingmer
    Department of Surgery, UH-RISES, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LKS 5047, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
  • Maher Kazimi
    Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Victoria Wang
    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Asya Ofshteyn
    Department of Surgery, UH-RISES, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LKS 5047, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
  • Emily Steinhagen
    Department of Surgery, UH-RISES, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LKS 5047, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
  • Sharon L Stein
    Department of Surgery, UH-RISES, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 11100 Euclid Avenue, LKS 5047, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA. Sharon.stein@uhhospitals.org.

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