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Race Based Discrimination in Emergency Department Utilization; A Quantitative Study

Acil servis kullanımında ırk temelli ayrımcılık; kantitatif bir çalışma

Pages
165–175
Publication Date
2022-10-11
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Overall, 55.4% of whites stayed for more than six hours in the ED, compared to 64.1% of non-whites (p

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objectives: Many studies have verified the adverse effects of prolonged emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) on outcomes.
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Key Findings & Data:We investigate racial disparities in prolonged ED LOS for admitted patients, controlling for both patients’ medical condition and hospital factors that could be responsible for potential disparities.Methods: We studied 6932 hospital admissions from 994 EDs in the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2009-2011.
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Conclusion & Impact:Overall, 55.4% of whites stayed for more than six hours in the ED, compared to 64.1% of non-whites (p
🔬Design:Survey & Empirical Study
📍Scope:2009-2011 Verileri
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Abstract

Objectives: Many studies have verified the adverse effects of prolonged emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) on outcomes. Patient, physician, hospital, and system factors affect ED LOS. We investigate racial disparities in prolonged ED LOS for admitted patients, controlling for both patients’ medical condition and hospital factors that could be responsible for potential disparities.Methods: We studied 6932 hospital admissions from 994 EDs in the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2009-2011. The main outcome was prolonged ED LOS, which was defined as triage to transfer to inpatient bed >6 hours. We use the logit model as the maximum likelihood model of choice. Akaike information criterion, Bayesian information criterion as well as the Pregibon’s link test are used to test different specifications of the model.Results: The mean age of our sample was 57 years; 65% of patients were white, and 54% of them were female. A total of 58.5% of patients experienced prolonged LOS. Overall, 55.4% of whites stayed for more than six hours in the ED, compared to 64.1% of non-whites (p

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Amaç: Pek çok çalışma, uzamış acil servis (AS) kalış süresinin (KS) sonuçlara olan olumsuz etkilerini doğrulamıştır. Hasta, doktor, hastane ve sistem faktörleri AS KS’yi etkiler. Bu çalışmamızda, hem hastaların tıbbi durumunu hem de potansiyel eşitsizliklerden sorumlu olabilecek hastane faktörlerini kontrol ederek, başvuran hastalar için uzamış AS KS’deki ırksal farklılıkları araştırdık. Yöntem: Çalışmada, 2009-2011 yılları arasında Ulusal Hastane Ayaktan Tıbbi Bakım Araştırması’ndaki 994 AS’den gelen 6932 hasta başvurusu incelendi. Birincil sonuç değişkeni, hastanın triyajından yatağına transferine kadar geçen sürenin 6 saatten uzun olması olarak tanımlanan, uzamış AS KS idi. Tercih edilen maksimum olabilirlik modeli olarak logit modeli, kullanıldı. Modelin farklı özelliklerini test etmek için Akaike informasyon kriterleri, Bayes informasyon kriteri ve Pregibon’un bağlantı testi kullanıldı. Bulgular: Örneğimizin yaş ortalaması 57 yıl; hastaların %65’i beyaz, %54’ü kadındı. Hastaların toplam %58.5’i uzamış AS KS yaşadı. Genel olarak, beyazların %55.4’ü AS’de altı saatten daha uzun süre kalırken, bu beyaz olmayanlarda % 64.1 olarak saptandı (p

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MOSTAJABİ, M. (2022). Race Based Discrimination in Emergency Department Utilization; A Quantitative Study. Bakırköy Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 14 - Sayı: 2, 165–175. https://ajindex.com/articles/460080

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