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Using appendiceal perforation rates to measure impact of a disaster on healthcare
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Mack D
; Rust GS
; Baltrus P
; Moore B
; Sow C
; Patel V
; Thomas D
South Med J
2013[Jan]; 106
(1
): 82-8
PMID23263319
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OBJECTIVES: To understand baseline inequities in appendiceal perforation rates
and the impact of hurricane destruction on the healthcare system with respect to
perforation rates and racial disparities. METHODS: We used claims data extracted
from Medicaid Analytic Extract files to identify appendicitis diagnoses in
children and adolescents based on International Classification of Diseases-9
codes and appendectomy procedures based on Current Procedural Terminology codes
in the hurricane-affected states of Mississippi and Louisiana. County-level
summary data obtained from 2005 Area Resource Files were used to determine high
and low hurricane-affected areas. We estimated logistic regression models,
mutually adjusting for race, sex, and age, to examine disparities and mixed
logistic regression models to determine whether county-level effects contributed
to perforation rates. RESULTS: There were nine counties in the high-impact area
and 133 counties in the low-impact area. Living in the high- or low-impact area
was not associated with a statistically different rate of perforation before or
after Hurricane Katrina; however, living in the high-impact area was associated
with a change from a lower risk (odds ratio [OR] 0.62) of perforation
prehurricane to a higher risk (OR 1.14) posthurricane compared with those living
in the low-impact areas. African Americans had statistically higher perforation
rates than whites in the high-impact areas both before (OR 1.46) and after (OR
1.71) Hurricane Katrina. CONCLUSIONS: Health professionals and hospital systems
were able to maintain effective levels of care before and after Hurricane
Katrina; however, perforation rates in African Americans suggest ongoing racial
disparities during disasters.
|*Black or African American/statistics & numerical data
[MESH]
|*Disaster Planning
[MESH]
|*Health Services Accessibility
[MESH]
|*Healthcare Disparities/statistics & numerical data
[MESH]