Differences in treatments and outcomes for idiopathic scoliosis patients treated in the United States from 1998 to 2007: Impact of socioeconomic variables and ethnicity

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-123

  Nuño, Miriam ^a   Drazin, Doniel G ^a   Acosta Jr , Frank L ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; Scoliosis; Socioeconomic variables; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875242188     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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