Race/Ethnicity and Insurance's Impact on Delays to Kidney Stone Surgery Scheduling.

Objective: To evaluate the association between ethnicity/insurance status and time to kidney stone surgery.

Methods: We retrospectively assessed all patients with evaluation of nephrolithiasis in the emergency room (ED), followed by definitive stone surgery (ureteroscopy/percutaneous nephrolithotomy/ESWL) at our major academic health system consisting of 3 hospitals in a dense, urban center.

Results: A total of 682 patients were included.