Trends in Outpatient Cervical Spine Surgery: Are There Emerging Disparities?
Troy B AmenPatawut BovonratwetSamuel RudisillLauren BarberYusef JordanAbhinaba ChatterjeeJung K MokNathan H VaradySheeraz QureshiPublished in: Spine (2022)
To our knowledge this is the first study reporting racial disparities in outpatient spine surgery and demonstrates an emerging disparity in outpatient cervical spine utilization among Black patients. These restrictive patterns of access to same-day outpatient hospital and surgery centers may contribute to broader disparities in the overall utilization of major spine procedures that have been previously reported. Renewed interventions are needed to both understand and address these emerging inequalities in outpatient care before they become more firmly established within our orthopaedic and neurosurgery spine delivery systems.
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