Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pain Treatment: Evidence From Oregon Emergency Medical Services Agencies

Authors

Jamie Kennel, Oregon Health & Sciences University
Elizabeth Withers, Portland State UniversityFollow
Nathan Finch Parsons, Portland State UniversityFollow
Hyeyoung Woo, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Medical Care

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

2019

Subjects

Minorities -- Medical care -- United States

Abstract

Research Design A retrospective analysis was performed on 25,732 EMS encounters from 2015-2017 recorded in the Oregon Emergency Medical Services Information System using multivariate logistic regression models to examine the role of patient race/ethnicity in pain assessment and pain medication administration among patients with a traumatic injury.

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DOI

10.1097/MLR.0000000000001208

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30344

Citation Details

Kennel, Jamie, Withers, Elizabeth, Parsons, Nate, & Woo, Hyeyoung. (2019). Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pain Treatment. Medical Care., 1.