Neighborhood disadvantage predicts health resource utilization after lumbar spine surgery: a cohort study
Patients with high neighborhood disadvantage have independently increased readmissions and hospital lengths of stay after elective lumbar spine surgery. Neighborhood disadvantage may play a significant role in determining spine surgical outcomes.
Authors
- Lucia Juarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3488-7661)
- Sasha Howell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6822-4383)
- Jovanna A. Tracz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7233-8962)
- Jakub Godzik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-6212)
- James Mooney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1897-1879)
- Yifei Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9003-4137)
- Anil Mahavadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9334-2602)
- Nicholas M. B. Laskay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5250-6458)
- B. Grey Vandeberg
Institutions
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Neurochirurgica
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-025-06703-4
- Primary Topic
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons