Black/African Americans Experience Disparate Outcomes after Lower Extremity Orthopaedic Injury Evaluation in U.S. Emergency Departments

Black/African Americans Experience Disparate Outcomes after Lower Extremity Orthopaedic Injury Evaluation in U.S. Emergency Departments

Category: Trauma; Other Introduction/Purpose: Racial and ethnic disparities remain a major problem in orthopaedic surgery, driving inequitable resource distribution, disparate clinical outcomes, and increased healthcare costs. The objective of this study was to investigate potential racial/ethnic di...

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Main Authors:	Arjun Gupta BSc(Med), Priya Singh MS, MD, Daniel Badin MD, Kevin Mo MHA, Marc Greenberg MD, Farah Musharbash MD, Alice J. Hughes MD, Amiethab A. Aiyer MD, James Ficke MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2023-12-01
Series:	Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2473011423S00247

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