Racial Disparities in Health Care Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MR, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Hengartner AC, Reeves BC, Havlik J, Sarkozy M, Hong CS, Kundishora AJ, Tuason DA, DiLuna M. Racial Disparities in Health Care Resource Utilization After Pediatric Cervical and/or Thoracic Spinal Injuries. World Neurosurgery 2021, 156: e307-e318. PMID: 34560297, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAsianBlack or African AmericanCervical VertebraeChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHealthcare DisparitiesHispanic or LatinoHumansInfantLength of StayMalePostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsSpinal InjuriesThoracic VertebraeUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsHealth care resource utilizationNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic AsiansHospital complicationsPediatric patientsMultivariate regression analysisNon-Hispanic whitesHospital LOSComplication rateGreater prevalenceICD-10-CM diagnosisLogistic multivariate regression analysisNational Trauma Data BankLonger hospital LOSOverall complication rateThoracic spine injuriesTrauma Data BankRegression analysisThoracic spinal injuryNHB patientsHospital lengthRetrospective cohortSpine injuriesThoracic injuriesRisk ratioRamifications of Postoperative Dysphagia on Health Care Resource Utilization Following Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Interbody Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Elsamadicy AA, Koo AB, David WB, Freedman IG, Reeves BC, Ehresman J, Pennington Z, Sarkozy M, Laurans M, Kolb L, Shin JH, Sciubba DM. Ramifications of Postoperative Dysphagia on Health Care Resource Utilization Following Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Interbody Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 2021, 35: e380-e388. PMID: 34321392, DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0000000000001241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care resource utilizationCervical spondylotic myelopathyElective anterior cervical discectomyPostoperative dysphagiaRetrospective cohort studyAnterior cervical discectomySpondylotic myelopathyNonroutine dischargeHospital stayCervical discectomyCohort studyRisk factorsOdds ratioHigher total costsICD-10-CM diagnosisSignificant independent risk factorsNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseMultivariate stepwise logistic regressionLonger hospital LOSLonger hospital stayIndependent risk factorPatient risk factorsStepwise logistic regressionPaucity of dataHospital LOS