Does Variation in Hospital Density and Social Deprivation Across Small Geographic Areas Play a Role in Perceived Barriers to Care Among People With Traumatic Brain Injury?

Higher area-level hospital density is associated with a reduction in perceived barriers to care among individuals with TBI. In addition, contextual, area-level data accounted for the reduced health care access and quality among Hispanic participants. Area-level data can provide explanatory value in the study of health disparities for people with TBI from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.