Health Care Disparities Add Insult to Spinal Cord Injury

The authors describe the disparities and increased risk of traumatic spinal cord injury Black Americans face because of violence. This article should serve as a realization of these inequities and as a call to action to improve the equity of rehabilitation services in this population to improve outc...

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Published in:Neurology. Clinical practice 2021-12, Vol.11 (6), p.e893-e895
Main Authors: Escalon, Miguel X., Houtrow, Amy, Skelton, Felicia, Verduzco-Gutierrez, Monica
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The authors describe the disparities and increased risk of traumatic spinal cord injury Black Americans face because of violence. This article should serve as a realization of these inequities and as a call to action to improve the equity of rehabilitation services in this population to improve outcomes.
ISSN:2163-0402
2163-0933
DOI:10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001095