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Our study demonstrated significant racial and health insurance–based disparities in the use of spine augmentation for the treatmentof osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Significantly more whitepatients received spine augmentation compared with black, Hispanic,and Asian/Pacific Islander patients and significantly morepatients with Medicare received spine augmentation comparedwith those with Medicaid and those who self-pay. While our findingsecho many of the already reported disparities in surgical care,further research is needed to explain the underlying cause
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