Do quality improvement efforts for multiarterial grafting equitably increase grafting rates across different demographic groups, including females and patients with low socioeconomic status?
Quality improvement efforts for multiarterial grafting may not equitably benefit all demographic groups, highlighting the need to specifically evaluate and target care for females and patients with low socioeconomic status.
Despite a large overall increase in multiarterial grafting due to QI efforts, females and patients with low socioeconomic status had lower rates of multiarterial grafting. QI efforts should be evaluated both overall and among patients who historically receive lower quality care to improve quality and equity.
Wagner et al. (Wed,) studied this question.