Public Insurance and Language Preferences Are Associated With a Longer Time to Surgery for Distal Radius Fractures
In patients with surgically treated distal radius fractures, public insurance was associated with a longer time to surgery, with such effect more pronounced for younger patients. Patients who spoke a language other than English also experienced greater delays. These findings warrant system-level efforts to address inequitable delays in care.
Authors
- Katherine R. Miclau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5618-799X)
- Jeffrey W. Kwong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-1594)
- Lauren M. Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5396-5488)
- Emma Tapp
- Angel X. Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-350X)
- Ashley Mulakaluri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7771-3327)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- DJO Global (Germany) (DE)
- Protein Express (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Published
- 2025-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5435/jaaos-d-24-01062
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02
Funders
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
- American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand
- National Institutes of Health
- University of California, San Francisco