Epidemiology and healthcare utilization of First Nations peoples living with spinal cord injury in Alberta: an observational study to explore health inequities.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective observational cohort study.

Objectives

Estimate spinal cord injury (SCI) prevalence in First Nations and non-First Nations populations and compare healthcare utilization as an indirect marker of health inequities.

Setting

Alberta, Canada.

Methods

We created a prevalent adult SCI cohort by identifying cases between April 1, 2002 and December 31, 2017 who were followed for common SCI complications and location of healthcare access from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019 using administrative data sources housed within Alberta Health Services (AHS). First Nations and non-First Nations SCI cohorts were divided into SCI etiology: traumatic SCI (TSCI) and non-traumatic SCI (NTSCI). Statistical analyses compared prevalence, demographics, he

SUBMITTER: Wegenast BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10484972 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature