Table 2.

Odds of Receiving Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures (SSRF) by Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Variable	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Race		<0.001*
Asian vs White	0.84 (0.67, 1.05)	0.125
Black or African America vs White	0.67 (0.59, 0.77)	<0.001
Other vs White	0.95 (0.84, 1.08)	0.440
Unknown vs White	1.05 (0.82, 1.34)	0.712
Ethnicity		0.003*
Hispanic or Latino vs Not Hispanic or Latino	0.80 (0.71, 0.91)	<0.001
Unknown vs Not Hispanic or Latino	0.94 (0.80, 1.12)	0.492
Insurance		<0.001*
Medicaid vs Private/Commercial Insurance	0.85 (0.76, 0.95)	0.005
Medicare vs Private/Commercial Insurance	0.95 (0.87, 1.03)	0.204
Self-Pay vs Private/Commercial Insurance	1.09 (0.96, 1.23)	0.175
Other vs Private/Commercial Insurance	0.96 (0.80, 1.14)	0.615
Other Government vs Private/Commercial Insurance	1.14 (0.94, 1.37)	0.182
Unknown vs Private/Commercial Insurance	1.91 (1.63, 2.25)	<0.001

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^*p-value from Type 3 test.

¹This model controlled for age, gender, BMI, missing indicator for BMI, ISS, flail chest, and comorbidities including COPD, CHF, smoking.

²Data was obtained from the Trauma Quality Improvement Program from 2016–2020.