Health Disparities in Patients With Musculoskeletal Injuries: Food Insecurity Is a Common and Clinically Challenging Problem

CONCLUSION: Food insecurity is common among patients who have experienced orthopaedic trauma, and patients who have it may be at increased risk of superficial infections after surgery. Future research in this area should focus on defining these health disparities further and interventions that could address them.LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, therapeutic study.PMID:38564799 | DOI:10.1097/CORR.0000000000003055
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research