Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Analgesic Prescription

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dc.contributor.authorTamayo-Sarver, Joshua H.
dc.contributor.authorHinze, Susan W.
dc.contributor.authorCydulka, Rita K.
dc.contributor.authorBaker, David W.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:31Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:31Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractObjectives. We examined racial and ethnic disparities in analgesic prescription among a national sample of emergency department patients. Methods. We analyzed Black, Latino, and White patients in the 1997–1999 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys to compare prescription of any analgesics and opioid analgesics by race/ethnicity. Results. For any analgesic, no association was found between race and prescription; opioids, however, were less likely to be prescribed to Blacks than to Whites with migraines and back pain, though race was not significant for patients with long bone fracture. Differences in opioid use between Latinos and Whites with the same conditions were less and nonsignificant. Conclusions. Physicians were less likely to prescribe opioids to Blacks; this disparity appears greatest for conditions with fewer objective findings (e.g., migraine).
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.93.12.2067
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/ff26-qhxt
dc.identifier.citationTamayo-Sarver, Joshua H. and Hinze, Susan W. and Cydulka, Rita K. and Baker, David W. (2003) Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Analgesic Prescription. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (12). pp. 2067-2073.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 1066
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23014
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPharmacotherapy
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectracial and ethnic disparities
dc.subjectanalgesic prescription
dc.subjectopioids
dc.subjectAfrican Americans
dc.subjectLatinos
dc.titleRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department Analgesic Prescription
dc.typeArticle

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