Surgical route for hysterectomy by race/ethnicity in hospitals that
serve a higher (quintile 5) versus lower (quintile 1) proportion of African
American patients among women likely eligible for MIS. Abbreviations: MIS,
minimally invasive surgery. Data source: State Inpatient and Ambulatory Surgery
Databases (CO, FL, MD, NJ, NY), 2010–2014. Percentages within each
racial/ethnic group sum to 100% across abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic
hysterectomy in each quintile.