Does Time to Imaging and Surgery for Distal Radius Fractures Vary based on Geographic Socioeconomic Disadvantage?

ABSTRACT:

Background

While disparities in aspects of distal radius fracture (DRF) management and orthopedics at large have been studied, disparities in time to DRF evaluation and treatment are unknown. We sought to determine if geographic socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with time to imaging in the emergency department (ED) and time to surgery for DRFs.

Methods

We performed a time-to-event analysis of 105 patients undergoing DRF surgery after ED triage within our hospital system between January 1, 2015, and January 1, 2020. Area Deprivation Index (ADI) national percentile was used as the metric of geographic socioeconomic disadvantage for each patient's ZIP code of residence. We performed Cox regression analysis to determine hazard ratios to undergo DRF imaging and surgery for

SUBMITTER: Rahman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793622 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature