Objective This review aims to quantify the effect of minority status on analgesia use for acute
pain management in US Emergency Department (ED) settings. Methods We used the …

Background: Despite the critical role that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provides in the
health care system, racial/ethnic treatment disparities in EMS remain relatively unexamined …

OBJECTIVE: Research on how race affects access to analgesia in the emergency
department (ED) has yielded conflicting results. We assessed whether patient race affects …

Objective Much is known about racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of opioids for pain in
emergency departments. Less is known about such disparities in the evaluation and …

Objective. Pain is a complex experience influenced by factors such as age, race, and
ethnicity. We conducted a multicenter study to better understand emergency department …

INTRODUCTION: Healthy People 2010 seeks to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in
health care; however, disparities due to age and race have been described in emergency …

Methods This was a retrospective chart review of patients presenting to an urban academic
ED with an isolated diagnosis of back pain, migraine, or long bone fracture (LBF) from …

Importance: Historically, pain management in the prehospital setting, specifically pediatric
pain management, has been inadequate despite many EMS (emergency medical services) …

Study Objective: We previously reported that Hispanic ethnicity was an independent risk
factor for inadequate analgesic administration among patients presenting to a single …

Abstract The Institute of Medicine's landmark report,“Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial
and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care,” documents the pervasiveness of racial and ethnic …