Strategies for Combatting Health Disparities in Prioritization Schema for Medically-Necessary Time-Sensitive Orthopaedic Surgeries

• Published in: Journal of health care for the poor and underserved Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 1479 - 1491
• Main Authors: Colomb, Eric, Lapedis, Cathryn J, Hallstrom, Brian R, Crawford, Eileen A, Smith, Lauren B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Johns Hopkins University Press 01.11.2023
• Subjects: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Comorbidity; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Criticism; Diabetes; Employment; Guidelines; Health care policy; Health disparities; Health insurance; Health Priorities; Healthcare Disparities; Hospitals; Humans; Hypertension; Infections; Infrastructure; Intensive care; Length of stay; Low income groups; Medicaid; Medicare; Minority & ethnic groups; Nosocomial infection; Nosocomial infections; Occupations; Orthopedic Procedures; Orthopedic surgery; Orthopedics; Pandemics; Patients; Personal protective equipment; Populations; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prioritizing; Protective equipment; Questionnaires; Rehabilitation; Social factors; Surgery; Tracking; Vulnerability; Welfare; United States > US; Detroit Michigan

A decrease in non-emergent procedure volume was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic to conserve protective equipment, increase hospital capacity, and limit nosocomial infection. Decreasing COVID-19 infection rates, paired with increasing hospital financial pressure and concerns for patient welfare...