Gender-based disparities in burn injuries, care and outcomes: A World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry cohort study
| Autor: | Joohee Lee, Kajal Mehta, Natalie L. Smith, Kathleen A Li, Hana Arega, Barclay T. Stewart, Emma L Gause |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Burn injury Adolescent Patient demographics Measures of national income and output Burn Units Logistic regression Global Health World Health Organization World health Article Global Burden of Disease Young Adult Injury Severity Score Sex Factors Epidemiology Medicine Humans Hospital Mortality Registries Healthcare Disparities Child Retrospective Studies business.industry General Medicine Health Status Disparities Length of Stay Middle Aged Logistic Models Child Preschool Surgery Female business Index hospitalization Burns Demography Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Am J Surg |
| ISSN: | 1879-1883 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: We aimed to describe the gender-based disparities in burn injury patterns, care received, and mortality across national income levels. METHODS: In the WHO Global Burn Registry (GBR), we compared patient demographics, injury characteristics, care and outcomes by sex using Chi-square statistics. Logistic regression was used to identify the associations of patient sex with surgical treatment and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS: Among 6,431 burn patients (38% female; 62% male), females less frequently received surgical treatment during index hospitalization (49% vs 56%, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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