2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) - ePosters-EP.17B.02 Racial Disparities in Patients with Lung Cancer Requiring Intubation: A National Inpatient Study

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The study, "Racial Disparities in Patients with Lung Cancer Requiring Intubation: A National Inpatient Study," aimed to explore racial differences in healthcare outcomes among lung cancer patients needing intubation. Utilizing the National Inpatient Sample data from 2017 to 2020, researchers analyzed the inpatient mortality, cardiac arrest occurrences, and total hospital costs across different racial groups, including Hispanics, Asians, Blacks, and Caucasians, using ICD-10 codes.<br /><br />Key findings indicate that minority groups, specifically Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks, had higher mortality rates compared to Caucasians, with Hispanics experiencing the highest mortality rate. Additionally, these minorities also exhibited higher incidences of cardiac arrest, especially among Black patients. Economic analysis showed that hospital costs were notably higher for Hispanic patients, highlighting a complex interaction of healthcare access, quality of care, and socioeconomic factors influencing these disparities.<br /><br />To reach these conclusions, the study employed multivariable logistic, linear, and Poisson regression analyses, considering various demographic and clinical variables such as age, sex, comorbid conditions, and lifestyle factors, with statistical significance determined at a p-value of less than 0.05.<br /><br />The study underscores the pressing need for targeted healthcare interventions to mitigate systemic biases and barriers that lead to such inequities. Improving healthcare outcomes for these groups involves addressing the quality of care and socioeconomic challenges, which could alleviate some of the disproportionate burdens faced by minority patients with lung cancer requiring critical interventions like intubation.<br /><br />Overall, this research emphasizes the importance of culturally competent and equitable healthcare practices to improve outcomes for racially diverse patient populations in critical care settings.

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Fayaz Khan

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Speaker Fayaz Khan

Topic Global Health, Health Services, and Health Economics

Keywords

racial disparities

lung cancer

intubation

inpatient mortality

cardiac arrest

hospital costs

minority groups

healthcare outcomes

socioeconomic factors

equitable healthcare