Background Our goal was to systematically review the literature on racial/ethnic, insurance,
and socioeconomic disparities in adult spine surgery in the United States and analyze …

Importance Presentation to emergency departments (EDs) with high levels of pediatric
readiness is associated with improved pediatric survival. However, it is unclear whether …

Amidst the unexpected losses and challenges of 2020, healthcare disparities and health
equity have presided as noteworthy topics of national discussion among healthcare workers …

DESIGN: Multicenter retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Pediatric Health Information
System (PHIS) database. PATIENTS: Children 0–18 years old admitted to a PHIS hospital …

Background Although safeguards requiring emergency care are provided regardless of a
patient's payor status, disparate outcomes have been reported in trauma populations. The …

Introduction: Every year, millions of children die from preventable causes worldwide.
According to World Health Organization, injuries are the leading cause of disability and …

The drivers of trauma disparities are multiple and complex; yet, understanding the causes
will direct needed interventions. The aims of this article are to (1) explore how the injured …

Associations of race, mechanism of injury, and neighborhood... : Medicine Associations of
race, mechanism of injury, and neighborhood poverty with in-hospital mortality from trauma: A …

Background Social functioning—the ability to participate in organized or informal family,
friend, or peer groups and communal activities—is intertwined with physical and emotional …

METHODS In this retrospective study, we merged SVI data with a statewide trauma registry
and used three analytic models to evaluate the association between SVI quartile and …