The role of bias by emergency department providers in care for American indian children

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 562-569

  Puumala, Susan E ^a,b   Burgess, Katherine M ^a,c   Kharbanda, Anupam B ^d   Zook, Heather G ^e   Castille, Dorothy M ^f   Pickner, Wyatt J ^a   Payne, Nathaniel R ^e  

^a SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

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

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian health; Bias; Emergency medicine; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STEREOTYPY; VIGNETTE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; RACISM; STEREOTYPING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961218453     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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