UNASSIGNED: 4046 Background: A New York City National @entity5 Institute supported @entity5 ( @entity5 ) has a high hospital volume providing surgical resection of @entity356 . The demographic differences between the @entity5 and other Community University (C/U) hospitals in NYC are not known. The objective of this study was to examine the potential impact of demographic differences between referral centers ( @entity5 ) and C/U hospitals in regards to outcomes after @entity356 resection. METHODS: Using the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database for NYC 2000, descriptive statistic(s) on the prevalence of @entity356 and surgical procedures was observed. Chi square test of significance was performed to measure the relationships between race/ethnicity, insurance status, types of surgical resection and access to C/U versus @entity5 care. RESULTS: There were 1153 admissions in 51 NYC hospitals for @entity356 and a total of 420 @entity1 were resected, 312 resections were done in 50 C/U hospitals, the highest C/U doing 25 cases, while 108 cases were performed by 5 surgeons in one @entity5 . The median length of stay was 10 days in the @entity5 and 11 in the C/U. The in-hospital death rate was 1.9 % for the @entity5 compared with 5.4% in the C/U. There were differences between the two populations when considering the areas listed in the table below: Conclusions: The @entity5 had a lower mortality, shorter length of stay, more Medicare, more proximal lesions and less Medicaid and black @entity1 . These improved outcomes for the @entity5 may be related to high volume, quality of care, location of @entity5 or demographic differences. [Figure: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.

Surgical resection of XXXX in New York City 2000.

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['CCC', 'Cancer', 'tumors', 'Comprehensive Cancer Center'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity356 :: ('MESH:D013274', 'Disease') :: ['gastric cancer']
@entity356 :: (MESH:D013274,Disease) :: ['gastric cancer']
