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 …

The relationship between social determinants of health (SDOH) and neurosurgical
outcomes has become increasingly relevant. To date, results of prior work evaluating the …

This study evaluated prediction performance of three different machine learning (ML)
techniques in predicting opioid misuse among US adolescents. Data were drawn from the …

The presence of healthcare-related disparities is an ongoing, widespread, and well-
documented societal and health policy issue. We investigated the presence of racial …

Background It is well established that insurance status is a mediator of disease
management, treatment course, and clinical outcomes in cancer patients. Our study …

Objective Previous studies have suggested disparities in quality of health care and time to
treatment across socioeconomic groups. Such differences can be of greatest consequence …

Background Given the vasculopathic nature of moyamoya disease (MMD) and high
susceptibility to ischemic events, patients with MMD often require surgical revascularization …

BACKGROUND: It is unclear if socioeconomic factors like type of insurance influence time to
referral and developmental outcomes for pediatric patients undergoing epilepsy surgery …

Background and Purpose—Studies in the United States and Canada have demonstrated
socioeconomic gradients in outcomes of acute life-threatening cardiovascular and …

Investigation into the association of insurance status with the outcomes of patients
undergoing neurosurgical intervention has been limited: this is the first nationwide study to …