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Elizabeth Lilley: Post-Operative Care and Rehabilitation Overview
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AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Post-operative Care and
Rehabilitation
Elizabeth Lilley, MD, MPH
General surgery resident, Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School,
New Brunswick, NJ
Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Surgery and Public Health at
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
N I H - A C S S Y M P O S I U M O N S U R G I C A L D I S PA R I T I E S R E S E A R C H
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AND PUBLIC HEALTH
• Surgical care occurs outside
the operating room
• Hospital and provider
factors are important
• Post-discharge care and
rehabilitation
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AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Background
• Access to rehabilitation
• Decreased post-acute care services after stroke1,
MI2
• Decreased rehab after trauma3
• Decreased utilization of TBI rehab4,5
• Less intensive rehab after joint surgery6,7
• Outcomes of rehabilitation
• Lower functional improvement among minorities
and men8,9
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Race/Ethnicity Disparities
• Timing of care and follow-up
• Black/Hispanic breast cancer patients higher risk for late
initiation or incomplete chemotherapy10
• Blacks less likely to receive post-treatment surveillance for
colorectal cancer11
• Black/Hispanic higher risk early graft failure after bypass12
• Long-term functional outcomes
• Longitudinal evidence of mental health disparities after TBI13
• Racial/ethnic disparities in employment after SCI14
• Palliative/EOL care
• Ethnic and racial differences in CPR and use of LST after major
surgery15
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Known Factors
- Poverty16,17
-Education level17
Access / duration
Quality
- Health related beliefs,
practices, and risks18,19
- Language20
- Financial barriers (health
insurance)18,19,21,22,23
- Non-financial barriers (lack of
awareness, location, provider
biases)18,19,20
24,25
26
27
Health
Disparities
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Gaps in Literature
• Access and utilization of rehab and supportive care
services
– Physiotherapy
– Wound care
– Medication access / compliance
• Longitudinal data on functional outcomes and quality
of life
• Post-discharge follow-up with surgeon / loss to
follow-up
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AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Future Directions
• Describe disparities in recovery and outcomes
• Engage patients and families
• Identify targets for improving access/quality
• Health education and awareness for post-op
care
– Explore new technologies
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AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Conclusion
• Importance of rehabilitation and recovery
• Disparities exist in access, experience, and follow-
up
• Frame research agenda
– Prioritize research targets
– Increase diversity in research studies
– More diversity among healthcare providers
– Identify measurable outcomes
– Longitudinal outcome measurement
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AND PUBLIC HEALTH
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medicine and rehabilitation. Aug 2011;92(8):1220-1229.
2. Aragam KG, Moscucci M, Smith DE, et al. Trends and disparities in referral to cardiac rehabilitation after percutaneous coronary intervention. Am Heart J. Mar 2011;161(3):544-551 e542.
3. Englum BR, Villegas C, Bolorunduro O, et al. Racial, ethnic, and insurance status disparities in use of posthospitalization care after trauma. J Am Coll Surg. Dec 2011;213(6):699-708.
4. Asemota AO, George BP, Cumpsty-Fowler CJ, Haider AH, Schneider EB. Race and insurance disparities in discharge to rehabilitation for patients with traumatic brain injury. Journal of neurotrauma. Dec
15 2013;30(24):2057-2065.
5. Meagher AD, Beadles CA, Doorey J, Charles AG. Racial and ethnic disparities in discharge to rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury. Journal of neurosurgery. Mar 2015;122(3):595-601.
6. Freburger JK, Holmes GM, Ku LJ, Cutchin MP, Heatwole-Shank K, Edwards LJ. Disparities in post-acute rehabilitation care for joint replacement. Arthritis care & research. Jul 2011;63(7):1020-1030.
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rehabilitation / Association of Academic Physiatrists. Jul 2008;87(7):567-572.
9. Fyffe DC, Deutsch A, Botticello AL, Kirshblum S, Ottenbacher KJ. Racial and ethnic disparities in functioning at discharge and follow-up among patients with motor complete spinal cord injury. Archives
of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Nov 2014;95(11):2140-2151.
10. Nurgalieva ZZ, Franzini L, Morgan RO, Vernon SW, Liu CC, Du XL. Impact of timing of adjuvant chemotherapy initiation and completion after surgery on racial disparities in survival among women with
breast cancer. Medical oncology. Mar 2013;30(1):419.
11. Brawarsky P, Neville BA, Fitzmaurice GM, Earle C, Haas JS. Surveillance after resection for colorectal cancer. Cancer. Mar 15 2013;119(6):1235-1242.
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2014;95(12):2288-2295.
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13 2014.
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2014;33(8):1383-1390.
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public health. Jun 1992;82(6):816-820.
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