Socioeconomic Deprivation and Its Adverse Association with Adolescent Fracture Care Compliance

Background:. Socioeconomic deprivation increases fracture incidence in adolescents, but its impact on fracture care is unknown. The area deprivation index (ADI), which incorporates 17 factors from the U.S. Census, measures socioeconomic deprivation in neighborhoods. This investigation aimed to deter...

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Main Authors: Blake C. Meza, BS, Dina Iacone, BS, Divya Talwar, PhD, MPH, Wudbhav N. Sankar, MD, Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-06-01
Series:JBJS Open Access
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.19.00064