Impact of Ethno-racial Factors on Clinical Outcomes and Health Care Utilization in Chronic Pancreatitis

Healthcare disparities adversely affect clinical outcomes in racial and ethnic minorities. Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex disorder, and pressures for time and cost-containment may amplify the disparity for minorities in this condition. This study aimed to assess ethno-racial differences in the clinical outcomes of CP patients cared for at our institution. This is a study of CP patients with available ethno-racial information followed at our pancreas center. We reviewed their demographics, comorbidities, clinical outcomes, and resource utilization: pain, frequent flares (≥ 2/year), local complications, psychosocial variables, exocrine, and endocrine insufficiency, imaging, endoscopic procedures, and surgeries. The outcomes underwent logistic regression to ascertain association(s) with covariates and were expressed as odds ratio (95