Healio reports on published results that revealed non-Hispanic white patients were more likely to receive guideline-concordant hip fracture care and also disproportionately benefited from their care vs. patients from historically underrepresented groups. 

“The manuscript Racial and ethnic disparities in providing guideline concordant care after hip fracture surgery” represents an important cog in the effort to understand and effect improvement in racial and ethnic patient outcomes following orthopedic surgical procedures. The study underscores the existence of disparities in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery despite a standardized care protocol. With the implementation of guidelines to promote postoperative venous thromboembolic prophylaxis, early weight-bearing and bone protective medications, non-Hispanic white patients were more likely to receive guideline concordant care than their racial and ethnic minority counterparts. Minority patients often encounter surgical delays, longer hospital stays and a burden of medical comorbidities," explained Michael L. Parks, MD, hip and knee surgeon at HSS. 

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