BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Inequities in pediatric illness include unequal treatment
and outcomes for children of historically marginalized races/ethnicities. Length of stay (LOS) …

Objectives To assess racial/ethnic disparities in pediatric utilization of community health
centers (CHCs) among a nationally representative sample. Study design Using the 2009 …

Background: There is an incomplete understanding of disparities in emergency care for
children across racial and ethnic groups in the United States. In this project, we sought to …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the joint effect of race/ethnicity and
insurance status/expected payer or income on children's health care quality. METHODS …

Racial and ethnic inequities in paediatric care have received increased research attention
over the past two decades, particularly in the past 5 years, alongside an increased societal …

Health care disparities exist along the continuum of care for children admitted to the hospital;
they start before admission, impact hospital course, and continue after discharge. During an …

OBJECTIVE. Racial/ethnic disparities in health care delivery have been well described, but
little is known about such disparities for children who seek emergency care. The objective of …

Methods| We performed a cross-sectional analysis of data from the 2016 (most recent
available) Kids' Inpatient Database (KID), the only all-payer, administrative data set …

Significant medical advances now enable individuals with pediatric illnesses to survive into
adulthood. Finding medical homes for these individuals often remains challenging. We …

Objective To estimate differences in scheduled and completed specialty referrals by race,
ethnicity, language for care, and insurance type. Study design We studied a retrospective …