Assessing the Quality of Microvascular Breast Reconstruction Performed in the Urban Safety-Net Setting: A Doubly Robust Regression Analysis

Background: Safety-net hospitals serve vulnerable populations; however, care delivery may be of lower quality. Microvascular immediate breast reconstruction, relative to other breast reconstruction subtypes, is sensitive to the performance of safety-net hospitals and an important quality marker. The authors’ aim was to assess the quality of care associated with safety-net hospital setting. Methods: The 2012 to 2014 National Inpatient Sample was...