Racial disparities in outcomes of spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 927-935

  Lad, Shivanand P ^a   Bagley, Jacob H ^a   Kenney, Krista T ^a   Ugiliweneza, Beatrice ^b   Kong, Maiying ^c   Bagley, Carlos A ^a   Gottfried, Oren N ^a   Isaacs, Robert E ^a   Patil, Chirag G ^d   Boakye, Maxwell ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Disparity; Fusion; Lumbar stenosis; Medicaid; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879123212     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31828165f9     Document Type: Article

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