Health Care Disparities Add Insult to Spinal Cord Injury. Issue 6 (December 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Escalon, Miguel X.; Houtrow, Amy; Skelton, Felicia; Verduzco-Gutierrez, Monica
• Is Part Of: Neurology. Volume 11:Issue 6(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-12
• Subjects: Nervous system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neurology -- United States -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001095
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2163-0402

Abstract

Abstract : The authors describe the disparities and increased risk of traumatic spinal cord injury Black Americans face because of violence. This article should serve as a realization of these inequities and as a call to action to improve the equity of rehabilitation services in this population to improve outcomes.