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Race and health insurance are predictors of hospitalized Crohn's disease patients undergoing bowel resection.

Geoffrey C GC Nguyen, Theodore M TM Bayless, Neil R NR Powe, Thomas A TA Laveist, and Steven R SR Brant

Inflamm Bowel Dis 13(11):1408-16 (2007) PMID 17567876

Racial disparities in utilization of major surgical procedures have been well documented in the United States over the last decade. Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronically relapsing disorder that leads to significant morbidity and, in most cases, surgery. Our objective was to characterize health disparities in CD-related bowel resection among hospitalized CD patients.

DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20200
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