Background: The decision to perform orthopedic surgery requires substantial discretion and
judgment. Similar conditions have been associated with health care disparities in other …

Abstract Purposeof Review Health disparities are preventable differences in the diagnosis,
treatment, and outcomes of many diseases, including central nervous system (CNS) tumors …

Object Surgical complications increase the cost of health care worldwide and directly
contribute to patient morbidity and mortality. In an effort to mitigate morbidity and incentivize …

OBJECT Although the length of hospital stay is often used as a measure of quality of care,
data evaluating the predictors of extended hospital stay after craniotomy for tumor are …

Importance Administrative records indicate that more than half of the 80 million Medicaid
enrollees identify as belonging to a racial and ethnic minority group. Despite this, disparities …

Purpose Social determinants of health broadly affect healthcare access and outcomes.
Studies report that minorities and low socioeconomic status (SES) patients undergoing …

Background Racial disparities exist in health care, frequently resulting in unfavorable
outcomes for minority patients. Here, we use guided machine learning (ML) ensembles to …

Introduction The prognostic role of racial and socioeconomic factors in patients with
glioblastoma is controversially debated. We aimed to evaluate how these factors may affect …

The relationship between social determinants of health (SDOH) and neurosurgical
outcomes has become increasingly relevant. To date, results of prior work evaluating the …

Background The impact of race, socioeconomic status (SES), insurance status, and other
social metrics on the outcomes of patients with intracranial tumors has been reported in …