Association of race and ethnicity with management of abdominal pain in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Johnson, Tiffani J ^a,b   Weaver, Matthew D ^c   Borrero, Sonya ^d,e   Davis, Esa M ^d   Myaskovsky, Larissa ^d,e   Zuckerbraun, Noel S ^f   Kraemer, Kevin L ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Disparities; Emergency department; Racial difference

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; DISPARITIES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; RACIAL DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885122069     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3127     Document Type: Article

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