A Harmonized Dual-Registry Analysis Identifies Racial Inequity in Surgeon Recommendations for Resection of Skull Base Tumors

Introduction: Disparities in healthcare may affect patients that differ by age, gender, race, ethnicity, and insurance status among other characteristics. Disparity research is often focused on how patient factors (e.g., insurance status) or institution-specific (e.g., size/volume at institution) factors contribute to differential outcomes; however, little is known about provider-specific (e.g., a surgeon's recommendation) effects disparities in healthcare delivery. Provider-specific effects are difficult to study due to challenges in capturing surgeon recommendations during initial patient workup.