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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedGoyal MK, Johnson TJ, Chamberlain JM
Racial and ethnic differences in emergency department pain management of children with fractures.
Researchers tested the hypotheses that minority children with long-bone fractures are less likely to receive analgesics, to receive opioid analgesics, and to achieve pain reduction. Using data from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Registry, they found that there are differences in process and outcome measures by race and ethnicity in the emergency department management of pain among children with long-bone fractures. Although minority children are more likely to receive analgesics and achieve reduction in pain, they are less likely to receive opioids and achieve optimal pain reduction.
AHRQ-funded; HS020270.
Citation: Goyal MK, Johnson TJ, Chamberlain JM .
Racial and ethnic differences in emergency department pain management of children with fractures.
Pediatrics 2020 May;145(5):e20193370. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-3370..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Emergency Department, Pain, Injuries and Wounds, Medication, Opioids, Disparities
Toledo P, Eosakul ST, Grobman WA
Primary spoken language and neuraxial labor analgesia use among Hispanic Medicaid recipients.
The researchers investigated whether there is a disparity in anticipated or actual use of neuraxial labor analgesia among Hispanic women based on primary language (English versus Spanish). A language-based disparity was found in neuraxial labor analgesia use. It is possible that there are communication barriers in knowledge or understanding of analgesic options.
AHRQ-funded; HS020122.
Citation: Toledo P, Eosakul ST, Grobman WA .
Primary spoken language and neuraxial labor analgesia use among Hispanic Medicaid recipients.
Anesth Analg 2016 Jan;122(1):204-9. doi: 10.1213/ane.0000000000001079.
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Keywords: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Disparities, Clinician-Patient Communication, Pain, Medicaid
Haywood C, Lanzkron S, Hughes M
The association of clinician characteristics with their attitudes toward patients with sickle cell disease: secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial.
The researchers explore the extent to which clinician characteristics such as race, sex, professional discipline, and amount of exposure to sickle cell disease (SCD) patients in pain may be associated with attitudes toward SCD patients generally. They concluded that clinician attitudes toward sickle cell patients vary notably by the demographic and clinical experiences of the clinician.
AHRQ-funded; HS013903.
Citation: Haywood C, Lanzkron S, Hughes M .
The association of clinician characteristics with their attitudes toward patients with sickle cell disease: secondary analyses of a randomized controlled trial.
J Natl Med Assoc 2015 Jun;107(2):89-96..
Keywords: Sickle Cell Disease, Pain, Disparities
Ringwalt C, Roberts AW, Gugelmann H
Racial disparities across provider specialties in opioid prescriptions dispensed to Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic noncancer pain.
The purpose of this study was to examine differences across providers’ specialties in prescriptions filled by white and black Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). It found that race-based differences in beneficiaries’ dispensed opioid prescriptions were more prominent among patients of specialists in obstetrics and gynecology and internal medicine, as well as general practitioners/family medicine physicians.
AHRQ-funded; HS000032.
Citation: Ringwalt C, Roberts AW, Gugelmann H .
Racial disparities across provider specialties in opioid prescriptions dispensed to Medicaid beneficiaries with chronic noncancer pain.
Pain Med 2015 Apr;16(4):633-40. doi: 10.1111/pme.12555..
Keywords: Chronic Conditions, Disparities, Medicaid, Medication, Opioids, Pain, Racial and Ethnic Minorities