Healthcare Disparities in Neurocritical Care

Racial, ethnic, socio-economic, geographic disparities contribute significantly to healthcare disparities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, several reports from different parts of the world have highlighted how some of these healthcare disparities may have contributed to increased mortality and worse outcomes. As healthcare systems across the world were being overwhelmed by COVID19, non-COVID19 positive neurologically critically ill patients with stroke, traumatic brain injury etc. may not have been able to avail the care they needed. This has led to a renewed interest and a sense of urgency in better understanding healthcare disparities, bridging gaps and preparing healthcare systems across the world better for the next pandemic. Even prior to the pandemic, while there are studies to suggest that healthcare disparities and regional variabilities have existed in access and types of services available for neurocritical care and rehabilitation for neurologically critically ill patients how these differences impact outcomes is less well understood.

The goal of this research topic will be to provide contributors an avenue for highlighting current research, programs that may have had a positive impact on bridging gaps in care and identify and identifying key areas of opportunities for studying healthcare disparities in the care of neurologically critically ill patients from triage, acute care to post-acute care and rehabilitation. Despite the progress in neurocritical care, there are several differences in the types of services and resources available for neurologically critically ill in different parts of the world. Understanding these differences, their impact on outcomes can help identify new areas for further research.

In this Research Topic, we encourage the submission of original research reports, methods articles, perspectives, reviews and mini reviews in the following (but not limited to) topics:
- Racial, socioeconomic and regional differences in neurocritical care resources and outcomes
-Racial, socioeconomic and regional differences in rehabilitation services
-The use of telemedicine in bridging gaps in care for neurocritical care and rehabilitation
-The impact of COVID19 on healthcare disparities in neurocritical care
- Racial, socioeconomic and regional differences in resources available for neurotrauma, stroke triage
-Implementation of innovative practices in resource-challenged settings for neurocritical care and rehabilitation

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𝘋𝘳. 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴.
𝘋𝘳. 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘹𝘘 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
𝘋𝘳. 𝘕𝘦𝘩𝘢 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴: 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘕𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘉𝘦𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵; 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦. 𝘋𝘳. 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴.