Disparities Exist in the Experience of Financial Burden Among Orthopedic Trauma Patients: A Systematic Review

SJ DeMartini, DE Pereira, CJ Dy - Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review There are substantial costs associated with orthopedic injury
and management. These costs are likely not experienced equally among patients. At the …

Are social determinants of health associated with an increased length of hospitalization after revision total hip and knee arthroplasty? A comparison study of social …

MR Shimizu, A Buddhiraju, OJ Kwon… - Archives of Orthopaedic …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction Length of stay (LOS) has been extensively assessed as a marker for healthcare
utilization, functional outcomes, and cost of care for patients undergoing arthroplasty. The …

Re-examining How We Study Race and Ethnicity

SS Leopold, CE Briars, MC Gebhardt… - Clinical Orthopaedics …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® is proud of its long history of support for work
that promotes fairness to musculoskeletal professionals and the patients we treat. CORR® …

Differentiating urgent from elective cases matters in minority populations: developing an ordinal “desirability of outcome ranking” to increase granularity and sensitivity …

MA Jacobs, S Schmidt, DE Hall… - Journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Surgical analyses often focus on single or binary outcomes; we developed
an ordinal Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) for surgery to increase granularity and …

Higher odds of meniscectomy compared with meniscus repair in a young patient population with increased neighbourhood disadvantage

S Dadoo, LE Keeling, ID Engler, AY Chang… - British Journal of …, 2024 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate the impact of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the
management of isolated meniscus tears in young patients and to identify trends in surgical …

Disparities in Patient Reported Outcome Measure Completion Rates and Baseline Function in Newly Presenting Spine Patients

AH Johnson, JC Brennan, P Rana, JJ Turcotte… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Retrospective Review Objective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate
disparities in patient reported outcome measures (PROM) completion rates and baseline …

Community-level Socioeconomic Status is a Poor Predictor of Outcomes Following Lumbar and Cervical Spine Surgery

MJ Lambrechts, TZ Issa, Y Lee, MA McCurdy… - Clinical Spine …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective Cohort study. Objective: Our objective was to compare 3
socioeconomic status (SES) indexes and evaluate associations with outcomes after anterior …

Geospatial Evaluation of Disparities in Access to Cervical Spine Fusion in Metropolitan Areas Across the United States

N Peterman, K Shivdasani, A Naik… - Clinical Spine …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: Retrospective study with epidemiologic analysis of public Medicare data.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to use geospatial analysis to identify disparities in …

Editor's Spotlight/Take 5: Postacute care readmission and resource utilization in patients from socioeconomically distressed communities after total joint arthroplasty

SS Leopold - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®, 2023 - journals.lww.com
It's safe to say that a central cultural theme in the United States over the last few years has
been that of fairness and its absence. Certainly, its absence has manifested in brutal ways …

[HTML][HTML] In-hospital mortality trends after surgery for traumatic thoracolumbar injury: A national inpatient sample database study

M McCurdy, R Narayanan, O Tarawneh, Y Lee… - Brain and Spine, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Given the increasing incidence of traumatic thoracolumbar injuries in recent
years, studies have sought to investigate potential risk factors for outcomes in these patients …