Eguia E, Fahmy JN, Cobb AN, et al. - Researchers investigated racial disparities in costs and clinical outcomes among patients undergoing distal pancreatectomy (DP) identified in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases. DP was reported in 2,493 patients; of these, 265 (10%) were black, and 221 (8%) were of Hispanic ethnicity. Multivariable regression revealed less likelihood to undergo surgery in high volume centers among black and Hispanic patients vs whites. Further, black patients, vs non-Hispanic whites, had raised risk of having a postoperative complication, prolonged hospitalization, and of being a high-cost outlier.