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The purpose of this study was, therefore, to investigate whether disparities exist in time to emergent orthopaedic surgery.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n Patients who underwent surgery for hip fracture, femur fracture, pelvic fracture, septic knee, septic hip, or cauda equina syndrome over 2012 to 2020 were identified using national data. Multivariable linear regression models were constructed, controlling for age, sex, race\/ethnicity, payer status, socioeconomic status, hospital setting, and comorbidities to examine the effect of payer status and race\/ethnicity, on time to surgery.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Over 2012 to 2020, 247,370 patients underwent surgery for hip fracture, 64,827 for femur fracture, 14,130 for pelvic fracture, 14,979 for septic knee, 3,205 for septic hip, and 4,730 for cauda equina syndrome. On multivariable analysis, patients with Medicaid experienced significantly longer time to surgery for hip fracture, femur fracture, pelvic fracture, septic knee, and cauda equina syndrome (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05 all). Black patients experienced longer time to surgery for hip fracture, femur fracture, septic knee, septic hip, and cauda equina syndrome, and Hispanic patients experienced longer time to surgery for hip fracture, femur fracture, pelvic fracture, and cauda equina syndrome (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.05 all).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Discussion:<\/jats:title>\n The results of this study demonstrate that Medicaid-insured patients, and often minority patients, experience longer delays to surgery than privately insured and White patients. Future work should endeavor to identify causes of these disparities to promote creation of policies aimed at improving timely access to care for Medicaid-insured and minority patients.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Level of evidence:<\/jats:title>\n III<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.5435\/jaaos-d-23-01136","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,12]],"date-time":"2024-07-12T16:00:09Z","timestamp":1720800009000},"page":"e1121-e1129","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Payer Status and Racial Disparities in Time to Surgery for Emergent Orthopaedic 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