Rachel Mann

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Rachel Mann is a health services researcher whose work examines equity in access to advanced orthopedic technologies. Her most-cited study, "Disparities in Access to Robotic Knee Arthroplasty: A Geospatial Analysis" (2023, 11 citations), pioneers the use of geospatial methods to reveal how socioeconomic and geographic factors create unequal access to robotic-assisted knee replacement. This work has been instrumental in highlighting how technological innovation in orthopedics can inadvertently widen healthcare disparities, influencing policy discussions on resource allocation. Mann’s research bridges health geography and surgical innovation, demonstrating that the benefits of robotic surgery are not uniformly distributed. Her findings have been cited by public health agencies and surgical societies seeking to address these gaps. Beyond this flagship paper, Mann continues to investigate how hospital referral patterns and insurance coverage shape patient outcomes, making her a rising voice in health equity research. Her work challenges the field to consider not just whether new technologies work, but for whom they are accessible.