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Treatment utilization for Dupuytren's contracture in the United States is influenced by socioeconomic factors.

Authors :
Zhuang T
Berns EM
Lee HH
Source :
The Journal of hand surgery, European volume [J Hand Surg Eur Vol] 2024 Aug 22, pp. 17531934241266449. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 22.
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Ahead of Print

Abstract

We examined whether treatment utilization for Dupuytren's contracture varied with the presence of adverse socioeconomic determinants of health in the United States. After propensity score matching, the presence of adverse socioeconomic determinants of health was associated with decreased treatment utilization.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2043-6289
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
The Journal of hand surgery, European volume
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
39169782
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/17531934241266449