Admin

login | register | shopping cart

User Quick Links



Physician Resources Home arrow Physician Forums
A moderated discussion for medical professionals.
NetDoc.com Physician and Medical Community Forum  
Ready to post? Just login !
     


   No account yet?


Boardwalk :: Forum List Medical Specialties General Surgery
SES disparity in cochlear implants
Date: 2007/03/04 21:22 By: Naoum Status: Admin  
Karma: 0&nbsp&nbsp
Admin

Posts: 33
graphgraph
I've been informally consulting on a cochlear implant study recently. I guessed I shouldn't be surprised, but it's amazing how much disparity there is in who gets cochlear implants and how successful rehabilitation is after implantation.

A 2005 study suggests that white and Asian children in America were getting implants at nearly 10 times the rate (adjusted for population density) of implantation (Recent epidemiology of pediatric cochlear implantation in the United States: Disparity among children of different ethnicity and socioeconomic status).

This on top of the added disparity in incidence:

Congenital severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is found in higher proportions of children with minority and/or lower socioeconomic status (SES).


The study concluded:

White and Asian children with severe to profound SNHL had higher proportionate rates of cochlear implantation than black and Hispanic children in 1997. Implanted children were more likely to live in areas (represented by ZIP codes) with higher median incomes.

It seems that implantation should be regulated and subsidized to reduce this disparity.
Hospital Ratings
Medical Resource Group, LLC
Click here to see the profile of this user The administrator has disabled public write access.


      Topics Author Date
    thread link
SES disparity in cochlear implants
Naoum 2007/03/04 21:22
Boardwalk :: Forum List Medical Specialties General Surgery

Joomlaboard Forum Component 1.1.2 Stable
Two Shoes M-Factory
Copyright © 2005 - 2008 Medical Resource Group, LLC. All rights reserved.