Patient and Provider Characteristics Associated with the Receipt of Image-Guided Interventions for Low Back Pain
Underrepresented minority patients had more severe LBP on presentation but received image-guided interventions less often than White/non-Hispanic patients. Our in-depth chart analysis supports the lack of referral completion and evaluation from a spine specialist provider as the main deterrent to the receipt of image-guided interventions in this cohort. While there may be systematic provider barriers such as an absence of decision-making discussion, data do not support provider bias as a contributing factor to differences in receipt of image-guided interventions.
Authors
- Ghazaleh Safazadeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-1603)
- Miriam E. Peckham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1432-1078)
- Rebecca Richards Steed
- Lubdha M. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1303-3533)
- Ruth C. Carlos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7055-7662)
- Gregory J. Stoddard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6292-276X)
- Troy A. Hutchins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1329-4402)
Institutions
- University of Utah (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Huntsman Cancer Institute (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Neuroradiology
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a8502
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00