ArticleJournal of pediatric orthopedics2025
Disparities Research in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery: Is the Needle Moving?
Article in Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- After ACL Injury in Children and Adolescents, Where in the Preoperative Timeline do Disparities in Timing and Clinical Course Originate?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2026Article
- Which Neighborhood-level Metric Is Most Appropriate for Pediatric Sports Medicine Disparities Research?Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundDisparities in health care are well documented and may have major medical and socioeconomic implications in populations that are already marginalized. While research identifying disparities is important, community partnerships and interventions to address inequities are critical to establish long-term infrastructure and lasting impact. The purpose of this study is to investigate trends and characteristics of disparities research in pediatric orthopaedics, with attention to study design, intervention implementation, and federal funding.
methodsThe Web of Science platform was queried for English-language articles in the Orthopedics or Sports Sciences categories between 2013 and 2022 with the following keywords: "disparities", "disparity", "inequity", "inequities", "diversity", "socioeconomic", "sex", "gender", "insurance", "race", and "neighborhood". Book chapters, meeting abstracts, proceedings papers, and retracted publications were excluded. Abstracts were reviewed manually to determine study inclusion. Descriptive statistics were calculated to report study characteristics, federal funding, and the evaluation of interventions to address disparities.
resultsThe initial query yielded 7274 articles, of which 69 addressed disparities or diversity topics in pediatric orthopaedics. Fifty (72.4%) were published between 2019 and 2022, and 32 (46.4%) were published in 2021 and 2022. The vast majority of studies (73.9%) had a retrospective design. No studies primarily utilized qualitative methods or a community-engaged approach. Most articles either analyzed multiple determinants (40.6%) or only focused on insurance (21.7%) or sex/gender (17.4%). No publications designed an original intervention and empirically studied its impact. No studies were directly funded by the National Institutes of Health.
conclusionsThere is an increasing volume of disparities research in pediatric orthopaedics, with most articles published in 2019 or later. Most studies are retrospective, unfunded, and describe a disparity rather than implement an intervention. Future efforts should be dedicated to prospective and qualitative methodology, community engagement, increased federal funding, and interventions to reduce inequities. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: N/A (bibliometric study).
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