Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Publication Date
1-1-2024
Journal
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Abstract
Addressing disparities is crucial for enhancing population health, ensuring health security, and fostering resilient health systems. Disparities in acute care surgery (trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care) have been well documented and the magnitude of inequities demand an intentional, organized, and effective response. As part of its commitment to achieve high-quality, equitable care in all aspects of acute care surgery, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma convened an expert panel at its eigty-second annual meeting in September 2023 to discuss how to take action to work towards health equity in acute care surgery practice. The panel discussion framed contemporary disparities in the context of historic and political injustices, then identified targets for interventions and potential action items in health system structure, health policy, the surgical workforce, institutional operations and quality efforts. We offer a four-pronged approach to address health inequities: identify, reduce, eliminate, and heal disparities, with the goal of building a healthcare system that achieves equity and justice for all.
Keywords
Healthcare disparities, Multiple Trauma, general surgery
DOI
10.1136/tsaco-2024-001494
PMID
39416956
PMCID
PMC11481130
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
10-15-2024
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Published Open-Access
yes