Abstract Purpose of Review This is a brief review about racial and ethnic disparities in
healthcare with focused attention to less frequently covered areas in the literature such as …

Study Design: Systematic Review. Objectives: To synthesize previous studies evaluating
racial disparities in spine surgery. Methods: We queried PubMed, Embase, Cochrane …

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) severely impairs the physical and mental health of
patients, decreasing their self-efficacy in coping with daily life and quality of life (QOL). In …

Objective The “weekend effect” occurs when patients cared for during weekends versus
weekdays experience worse outcomes. But reasons for this effect are unclear, especially …

Purpose Hospital bed utility and length of stay affect the healthcare budget and quality of
patient care. Prior studies already show admission and operation on weekends have higher …

OBJECTIVE Insurance disparities have been suggested to influence the medical and
surgical outcomes of adult patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), with a paucity of studies …

Background Readmission followed by surgery to treat spinal fractures has a substantial
impact on patient care costs and reflects a hospital's quality standards. This article analyzes …

Study Design: A single-institution, retrospective cohort study Objective: The objective was to
present demographic characteristics, mechanism of injuries, lengths of stay, intensive care …

Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common secondary medical
complication following spinal cord injury (SCI), significantly impacting health care resource …

Context/objective Acute care readmission has been identified as an important marker of
healthcare quality. Most previous models assessing risk prediction of readmission …