Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Perception of Health Status and Literacy in Spine Oncological Patients
Elsamadicy A, Wang C, Reeves B, Sherman J, Craft S, Rajjoub R, Koo A, Hersh A, Pennington Z, Lo S, Shin J, Mendel E, Sciubba D. Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Perception of Health Status and Literacy in Spine Oncological Patients. Spine 2023, 48: 1107-1115. PMID: 37163649, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000004712.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-White HispanicsOncology patientsHigh response rateWhite/CaucasianHealth statusHealth literacyWC patientsResponse rateICD-9/10-CM codesOwn general healthSocioeconomic statusBaseline health statusRacial/Ethnic DisparitiesCross-sectional studyRace/ethnicityExcellent/Severe fatigueGeneral healthOncological patientsBACKGROUND DATADisease processHealthcare costsPatientsMedical careEthnic disparities