Background Barriers to trauma care for rural populations are well documented, but little is
known about the magnitude of urban-rural disparities in injury mortality. This study sought to …

Background Although safeguards requiring emergency care are provided regardless of a
patient's payor status, disparate outcomes have been reported in trauma populations. The …

This is a 10-year review of The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (JTACS)
literature related to health care disparities, health care inequities, and patient outcomes. A …

Background We hypothesize that lack of access to care results in propensity toward
emergent operative management and may be an important factor in worse outcomes for the …

Importance Racial disparities in survival after trauma are well described for patients younger
than 65 years. Similar information among older patients is lacking because existing trauma …

BACKGROUND Gender may influence outcomes following traumatic brain injury (TBI)
although the mechanism is unknown. Animal TBI studies suggest that gender differences in …

Background Healthcare disparities have always challenged surgical care in the US. We
aimed to assess the influence of disparities on cerebral monitor placement and outcomes of …

Background: Although race, socioeconomic status, and insurance individually are
associated with trauma mortality, their complex interactions remain ill defined. Methods: This …

Background In adult trauma, mortality varies with race and insurance status. In the elderly,
insurance type has little impact on mortality after trauma and the influence of race is …

Object Subdural hematoma (SDH) is a common diagnosis in neurosurgical and neurocritical
practice. Comprehensive outcome data are lacking for nontraumatic SDH. The authors …