MIAMI BEACH—The gender- and race-based disparities often seen in other areas of healthcare seem to exist in interventional pain management as well, according to the results of a new study.
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine found that Black, Hispanic and female patients all underwent more conservative forms of interventions for lumbar radiculopathy than their white or male counterparts, even though they often presented with more severe symptoms.
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