Analgesic access for acute abdominal pain in the emergency department among racial/ethnic minority patients a nationwide examination

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1000-1009

  Shah, Adil A ^a,b   Zogg, Cheryl K ^a   Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^c   Schneider, Eric B ^a   Cooper, Lisa A ^d   Chapital, Alyssa B ^b   Peterson, Susan M ^e   Havens, Joaquim M ^a   Thorpe, Roland J ^f,g   Roter, Debra L ^g   Castillo, Renan C ^g   Salim, Ali ^a   Haider, Adil H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Emergency department; Minority health; Pain; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; HYDROCODONE; IBUPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; PAIN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ANALGESICS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947934689     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000444     Document Type: Article

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