Revisiting racial disparities in access to surgical management of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy post implementation of Affordable Care Act

Racial and socioeconomic disparities have existed in the United States (US) healthcare system for decades [1]. Disparities in access to healthcare facilities for maintenance of chronic medical conditions, non-surgical interventions and surgical treatments have been exemplified in many previous studies. [2 –5] These disparities are more profound for elective surgical procedures, both in receipt of surgery and post-surgical outcomes. In neurosurgery, disparities in access to neuro-oncologic care at high-volume hospitals and outcomes have been noted particularly in African Americans (AAs) and Hispanic s as compared to Caucasian [6–8].

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - May 2, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Kanika Sharma, Piyush Kalakoti, Miriam Henry, Vikas Mishra, Rosario Maria Riel-Romero, Christina Notarianni, Anil Nanda, Hai Sun Source Type: research