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Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 32-1 - November 24, 2021
- Editor: Cherie P. Erkmen
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 9 5 9 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 9 6 0 - 9
In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Cherie Erkmen brings considerable expertise to the topic of social disparities in thoracic surgery. Top experts in t… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Cherie Erkmen brings considerable expertise to the topic of social disparities in thoracic surgery. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as social disparities in lung cancer, population health, esophageal cancer, benign lung diseases, and more.
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Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on social disparities in thoracic surgery, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.
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Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Social Disparities Database and Big Data; Health Disparities in Recruitment and Enrollment in Research; Social Disparities in Lung Cancer Risk and Screening; and more.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- A History of Health Policy and Health Disparity
- Key points
- Landmark laws and US Court decisions
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- The Affordable Care Act: 2010
- UNITED STATES Executive Branch
- Health lobbyists
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Disparities in Health Care Delivery Systems
- Key points
- Optimal health care delivery system characteristics
- Phases of health care delivery and associated inequalities
- Health care delivery after the Affordable Care Act
- Root cause of health disparities: unequal distribution of resources
- Coverage gap: implications of not all states adopting Medicaid expansion
- Retail clinics in the United States
- Increased transparency after the ACA and consumer protection
- Out-of-network and surprise billing
- Barriers to delivery
- COVID-19 response exposing racial disparities
- Innovative models of primary care delivery and their role in COVID-19 and telehealth
- Summary
- Social Disparities in Lung Cancer Risk and Screening
- Key points
- Lung cancer incidence and risk
- Lung cancer screening
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Social Disparities in Lung Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Body
- Summary
- Social Disparities in Benign Lung Diseases
- Key points
- Introduction
- Socioeconomic disparities in infectious lung disease
- Socioeconomic disparities in obstructive lung disease
- Socioeconomic disparities in restrictive lung disease
- Socioeconomic disparities in cystic fibrosis
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Disparities in Lung Transplantation
- Key points
- Disparities in lung donors
- Disparities in lung transplant recipients
- Summary
- Racial Disparities in Esophageal Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Evaluation
- Treatment
- Surveillance
- Survival
- Clinics care points
- Challenges in the Methodology for Health Disparities Research in Thoracic Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Establishing definitions and clarity for application: health disparities, equity, and marginalized populations
- Measurement of disparities and subsequent analyses: sources of bias in study design
- Optimization of study design
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Health Disparities in Recruitment and Enrollment in Research
- Key points
- Introduction
- Importance of enrollment
- Barriers to recruitment/enrollment
- Facilitators for enrollment
- Summary
- Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery Database Research: Implications and Impact
- Key points
- Introduction
- Current evidence
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Social Disparities in Thoracic Surgery Education
- Key points
- Introduction: racial/ethnic and gender health disparities
- Composition of the CT surgery faculty/trainee workforce
- Disparities in the pipeline
- Possible solutions
- Creating a culture of inclusion
- Bias as a threat to inclusivity
- Start with a checklist
- A word on mentorship
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Social Disparities in the Thoracic Surgery Workforce
- Key points
- Introduction
- History
- Current assessment of the CT workforce
- Considerations and future directions
- Summary
- Disclosure
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 32-1
- Published: November 24, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323919593
- eBook ISBN: 9780323919609
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Cherie P. Erkmen
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple Lung Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA