Racial and socioeconomic disparities in outcomes following pediatric cerebrospinal fluid shunt procedures

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 560-566

  Attenello, Frank J ^a   Ng, Alvin ^a   Wen, Timothy ^a   Cen, Steven Y ^a   Sanossian, Nerses ^a   Amar, Arun P ^a   Zada, Gabriel ^a   Krieger, Mark D ^a,b   McComb, J Gordon ^a,b   Mack, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Inpatient death; Neurosurgery; Outcomes; Routine discharge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INPATIENTS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938851902     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.11.PEDS14451     Document Type: Article

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