Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Spinal Cord Stimulation Among the Medicare Population.
Mark R JonesVwaire OrhurhuBrian O'GaraEthan Y BrovmanNikhilesh RaoStephanie G VanterpoolLawrence PoreeAmitabh GulatiRichard D UrmanPublished in: Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society (2021)
This study suggests that racial and socioeconomic disparities exist in SCS among Medicare and Medicaid patients with PLS and CPS. Further work is required to elucidate the complex etiology underlying these findings.