Racial disparity in analgesic treatment for ED patients with abdominal or back pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 752-756

  Mills, Angela M ^a   Shofer, Frances S ^a   Boulis, Ann K ^a   Holena, Daniel N ^a   Abbuhl, Stephanie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BACK PAIN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80052215787     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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