Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Access to Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson's Disease
Significant ethnic and gender disparities in receiving DBS exist. Educated White men were overrepresented. Further actions need to be taken to expand the accessibility of this important treatment to all eligible PD patients with an effort to provide equitable care to women, racialized groups and those who cannot advocate for themselves in Canada.
Authors
- Bukola Oladunni Salami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-0464)
- Fang Ba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7377-2066)
- Alex Rajput (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-318X)
- Janis M. Miyasaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6372-6007)
- Kevin Yen
- Eric Noyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7374-0042)
- Sabrina Poonja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2403-3304)
- Oury Monchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-5409)
- Pouria Torabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4029-6486)
- Bashir Daud Shah
- Aakash Shetty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1438-9179)
- Tejas Sankar
- Shaina Corrick
- Aleksander Vitali
- Gail Dimapilis
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Royal University Hospital (CA)
- University of Alberta Hospital (CA)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- O'Brien Institute (AU)
- Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.70312
- Primary Topic
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Parkinson's Foundation
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada