Insurance Disparities in Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Resource Utilization Following Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Sayeed S, Theriault B, Hengartner A, Ahsan N, Sadeghzadeh S, Elsamadicy E, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Insurance Disparities in Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Resource Utilization Following Neonatal Intraventricular Hemorrhage. World Neurosurgery 2024, 189: e46-e54. PMID: 38815926, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.05.136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntraventricular hemorrhagePI patientsInsurance statusAssociated with surgical delayDiagnosis of intraventricular hemorrhageMultivariate logistic regression analysisNeonatal intraventricular hemorrhageAssociated with increased healthcare utilizationNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyImpact of insurance statusTime to referralAssociated with increased oddsInpatient Sample databaseAssociation of insurance statusLogistic regression analysisLength of stayMyelomeningocele repairSurgical delayCost of admissionAdverse eventsPrivate insuranceCohort studyMedicaid patientsPI cohort167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Elsamadicy A, Sayeed S, Craft S, Sherman J, Reeves B, Koo A, Khalid S, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. 167 Association Between Safety-net Hospital Status and Postoperative Outcomes Following ACDF or PCDF for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Neurosurgery 2024, 70: 40-40. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002809_167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCervical spondylotic myelopathyNon-routine dischargeSafety-net hospital statusSafety-net hospitalACDF cohortSpondylotic myelopathyPostoperative outcomesAdverse eventsMultivariate analysisPosterior cervical decompressionAnterior cervical discectomyImpact postoperative outcomesProportion of patientsNational Inpatient Sample databaseRetrospective cohort studyPredictors of prolonged LOSInpatient Sample databaseNon-SNHsElective ACDFCervical decompressionCervical discectomyStudy patientsIndependent predictorsAdult patientsACDFReduced racial disparities among newborns with intraventricular hemorrhage
Sayeed S, Reeves B, Theriault B, Hengartner A, Ahsan N, Sadeghzadeh S, Elsamadicy E, DiLuna M, Elsamadicy A. Reduced racial disparities among newborns with intraventricular hemorrhage. Child's Nervous System 2024, 40: 2051-2059. PMID: 38526575, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-024-06369-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLength of stayIntroductionIntraventricular hemorrhageAdverse eventsMultivariate logistic regression analysisRate of adverse eventsPermanent neurological dysfunctionProlonged length of stayNational Inpatient Sample databaseRates of NECInpatient Sample databaseLogistic regression analysisIntraventricular hemorrhageAA patientsImpact of raceCost of admissionIndependent predictorsRate of mortalityPatient characteristicsMultivariate analysisPercentage of AAWhite patientsNeurological dysfunctionNewbornsPatient genderPatients