Identifying Patient Subpopulations with Significant Race-Sex Differences in Emergency Department Disposition Decisions.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The race-sex differences in emergency department (ED) disposition decisions have been reported widely. Our objective is to identify demographic and clinical subgroups for which this difference is most pronounced, which will facilitate future targeted research on potential disparities and interventions.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of 93 987 White and African-American adults assigned an Emergency Severity Index of 3 at 3 large EDs from January 2019 to February 2020. Using random forests, we identified the Elixhauser comorbidity score, age, and insurance status as important variables to divide data into subpopulations. Logistic regression models were then fitted to test race-sex differences within each subpopulation while controlling for

SUBMITTER: Lin P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378179 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature