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Mani K, Kleinbart E, Schlumprecht A, Golding R, Akioyamen N, Song H, De La Garza Ramos R, Eleswarapu A, Yang R, Geller D, Hoang B, Fourman MS. Association of Socioeconomic Status With Worse Overall Survival in Patients With Bone and Joint Cancer. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2024; 32:e346-e355. [PMID: 38354415 DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-d-23-00718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The effect of socioeconomic status (SES) on the outcomes of patients with metastatic cancer to bone has not been adequately studied. We analyzed the association between the Yost Index, a composite geocoded SES score, and overall survival among patients who underwent nonprimary surgical resection for bone metastases. METHODS This population-based study used data from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (2010 to 2018). We categorized bone and joint sites using International Classification of Disease-O-3 recodes. The Yost Index was geocoded using a factor analysis and categorized into quintiles using census tract-level American Community Service 5-year estimates and seven measures: median household income, median house value, median rent, percent below 150% of the poverty line, education index, percent working class, and percent unemployed. Multivariate Cox regression models were used to calculate adjusted hazard ratios of overall survival and 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS A total of 138,158 patients were included. Patients with the lowest SES had 34% higher risk of mortality compared with those with the highest SES (adjusted hazard ratio of 1.34, 95% confidence interval: 1.32 to 1.37, P < 0.001). Among patients who underwent nonprimary surgery of the distant bone tumor (n = 11,984), the age-adjusted mortality rate was 31.3% higher in the lowest SES patients compared with the highest SES patients (9.9 versus 6.8 per 100,000, P < 0.001). Patients in the lowest SES group showed more racial heterogeneity (63.0% White, 33.5% Black, 3.1% AAPI) compared with the highest SES group (83.9% White, 4.0% Black, 11.8% AAPI, P < 0.001). Higher SES patients are more likely to be married (77.5% versus 59.0%, P < 0.0001) and to live in metropolitan areas (99.6% versus 73.6%, P < 0.0001) compared with lower SES patients. DISCUSSION Our results may have implications for developing interventions to improve access and quality of care for patients from lower SES backgrounds, ultimately reducing disparities in orthopaedic surgery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kyle Mani
- From the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Mani, Kleinbart, Golding, and Song), the Department of Neurological Surgery, Montefiore Einstein (Schlumprecht, and De La Garza Ramos), and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montefiore Einstein, Bronx, NY (Akioyamen, Eleswarapu, Yang, Geller, Hoang, and Fourman)
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Spirollari E, Vazquez S, Das A, Wang R, Ampie L, Carpenter AB, Zeller S, Naftchi AF, Beaudreault C, Ming T, Thaker A, Vaserman G, Feldstein E, Dominguez JF, Kazim SF, Al-Mufti F, Houten JK, Kinon MD. Characteristics of Patients Selected for Surgical Treatment of Spinal Meningioma. World Neurosurg 2022; 165:e680-e688. [PMID: 35779754 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.06.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spinal meningiomas are benign extra-axial tumors that can present with neurological deficits. Treatment partly depends on the degree of disability as there is no agreed-upon patient selection algorithm at present. We aimed to elucidate general patient selection patterns in patients undergoing surgery for spinal meningioma. METHODS Data for patients with spinal tumors admitted between 2016 and 2019 were extracted from the U.S. Nationwide Inpatient Sample. We identified patients with a primary diagnosis of spinal meningioma (using International Classification of Disease, 10th revision codes) and divided them into surgical and nonsurgical treatment groups. Patient characteristics were evaluated for intergroup differences. RESULTS Of 6395 patients with spinal meningioma, 5845 (91.4%) underwent surgery. Advanced age, nonwhite race, obesity, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, and anticoagulant/antiplatelet use were less prevalent in the surgical group (all P < 0.001). The only positive predictor of surgical treatment was elective admission status (odds ratio, 3.166; P < 0.001); negative predictors were low income, Medicaid insurance, anxiety, obesity, and plegia. Patients with bowel-bladder dysfunction, plegia, or radiculopathy were less likely to undergo surgical treatment. The surgery group was less likely to experience certain complications (deep vein thrombosis, P < 0.001; pulmonary embolism, P = 0.002). Increased total hospital charges were associated with nonwhite race, diabetes, depression, obesity, myelopathy, plegia, and surgery. CONCLUSIONS Patients treated surgically had a decreased incidence of complications, comorbidities, and Medicaid payer status. A pattern of increased utilization of health care resources and spending was also observed in the surgery group. The results indicate a potentially underserved population of patients with spinal meningioma.
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- New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Northwell School of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA
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