Patient race, ethnicity, and care in the emergency department: a scoping review

A Owens, BR Holroyd, P McLane - Canadian Journal of Emergency …, 2020 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesHealth disparities between racial and ethnic groups have been documented in
Canada, the United States, and Australia. Despite evidence that differences in emergency …

Neighborhood socioeconomic status and receipt of opioid medication for new back pain diagnosis

S Gebauer, J Salas, JF Scherrer - The Journal of the …, 2017 - Am Board Family Med
Background: Although treatment for new back pain is heavily guideline driven, deviations
occur frequently. Neighborhood socioeconomic status (nSES) may contribute to these …

Association of socioeconomic status with outcomes in older adult community-dwelling patients after visiting the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study

JJH Wachelder, I van Drunen, PM Stassen… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Older adults frequently visit the emergency department (ED). Socioeconomic
status (SES) has an important impact on health and ED utilisation; however, the association …

Multidetector computed tomography utilization in an urban sub-Saharan Africa setting: user characteristics, indications and appropriateness

J Tambe, L Mbuagbaw, G Nguefack-Tsague… - Pan African Medical …, 2020 - ajol.info
Introduction: multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is a widely used cross-sectional
imaging modality despite increasing concerns about radiation exposure and overuse. The …

“Utilization of CT and MRI scanning in Taiwan, 2000–2017”

HM Li, SZ Liu, LR Yeh, NH Lu, LY Wang - Insights into Imaging, 2023 - Springer
Dear Editor in Chief, We read with interest the article entitled “Utilization of CT and MRI
scanning in Taiwan, 2000–2017” by Huang et al.[1] recently published in Insights into …

Sociodemographic biases in a commercial AI model for intracranial hemorrhage detection

A Trang, K Putman, D Savani, D Chatterjee, J Zhao… - Emergency …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate whether a commercial AI tool for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH)
detection on head CT exhibited sociodemographic biases. Methods Our retrospective study …

Disparity in hospital admissions and length of stay based on income status for emergency department hypertensive crisis visits

S Srivastava, B Vemulapalli, AK Okoh… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Racial, gender, and socioeconomic status have been shown to impact the
delivery of care. How this impacts the management of hypertensive crisis remains unclear …

Privately insured medical patients are more likely to have a head CT

EM Fortin, J Fisher, S Qiu, CI Babcock - Emergency radiology, 2016 - Springer
Previous studies suggest overuse disparity of head computed tomography (CT) in white
pediatric trauma patients with minor head injuries. Our study is meant to determine if race or …

Patterns of computed tomography utilisation in injury management: latent classes approach using linked administrative data in Western Australia

NT Ha, M Harris, M Bulsara, J Doust… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Whilst computed tomography (CT) imaging has been a vital component of injury
management, its increasing use has raised concern regarding ionising radiation exposure …

Assessing and coping with the financial burden of computed tomography utilization in Limbe, Cameroon: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study

J Tambe, L Mbuagbaw, P Ongolo-Zogo… - BMC Health Services …, 2020 - Springer
Background There has been a significant increase in computed tomography (CT) utilization
over the past two decades with the major challenges being a high exposure to ionizing …