Health Care Disparities Add Insult to Spinal Cord Injury

Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Dec;11(6):e893-e895. doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000001095.

Abstract

The authors describe the disparities and increased risk of traumatic spinal cord injury Black Americans face because of violence. This article should serve as a realization of these inequities and as a call to action to improve the equity of rehabilitation services in this population to improve outcomes.