The impact of race on analgesia use among pediatric emergency department patients.

Rasooly, Irit R; Mullins, Peter M; Mazer-Amirshahi, Maryann; van den Anker, John; Pines, Jesse M · J Pediatr · 2014

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

We studied the effect of race on analgesia use in potentially pain-related pediatric emergency department visits using the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2005-2010). There were independent patient- and hospital-level racial disparities when it came to the type of analgesia used, suggesting black children are treated differently even within hospitals with high numbers of black patients.

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