Inequities in the Application of Behavioral Flags for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Behavioral flags in the electronic health record (EHR) may introduce bias and perpetuate structural racism and discrimination. Descriptions of differences in the way that markers of behavioral risk are communicated will help clarify the inequities that pediatric patients and their families experience in the hospital.

Objective

To assess whether racially and socioeconomically marginalized pediatric patients and families are more likely than their counterparts to be assigned a behavioral flag in their EHR.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used EHR data for pediatric patients (aged <18 years) hospitalized from June 2012 to July 2021 across care settings at the University of California, San Francisco health care facilities, an a

SUBMITTER: Edwell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843364 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature