A Transfer Learning Causal Approach to Evaluate Racial/Ethnic and Geographic Variation in Outcomes Following Congenital Heart Surgery

arXiv:2403.14573v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most prevalent birth defects in the United States and surgical outcomes vary considerably across the country. The outcomes of treatment for CHD differ for specific patient subgroups, with non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic populations experiencing higher rates of mortality and morbidity. A valid comparison of outcomes within racial/ethnic subgroups is difficult given large differences in case-mix and small subgroup sizes. We propose a causal inference framework for outcome assessment and …

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