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

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.

Keywords

Collagenase disparity fasciectomy fasciotomy socioeconomic

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