| Autor: |
Hao Wang, Nethra Sambamoorthi, Richard D. Robinson, Heidi Knowles, Jessica J. Kirby, Amy F. Ho, Trevor Takami, Usha Sambamoorthi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, Vol 5, Iss 5, Pp n/a-n/a (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2688-1152 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/emp2.13293 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Objective Non‐Hispanic Black (NHB) and Hispanic/Latino (Hispanic) patients wait longer in the emergency department (ED) to see practitioners when compared with non‐Hispanic White (NHW) patients. We investigate factors contributing to longer wait times for NHB and Hispanic patients using a linear decomposition approach. Methods This retrospective observational study included patients presenting to one tertiary hospital ED from 2019 to 2021. Median wait times among NHW, NHB, and Hispanic were calculated with multivariable linear regressions. The extent to which demographic, clinical, and hospital factors explained the differences in average wait time among the three groups were analyzed with Blinder‒Oaxaca post‐linear decomposition model. Results There were 310,253 total patients including 34.7% of NHW, 34.7% of NHB, and 30.6% of Hispanic patients. The median wait time in NHW was 9 min (interquartile range [IQR] 4‒47 min), in NHB was 13 min (IQR 4‒59 min), and in Hispanic was 19 min (IQR 5‒78 min, p |
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