Health Care Practitioner Bias and Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Services Among Survivors of Violence.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Posthospital inpatient rehabilitation is essential for many patients with traumatic injuries. However, rehabilitation centers lack transparency and oversight in their admission practices and may be influenced by health care practitioner (HCP) use of stigmatizing language in patient medical records, leading to inequities in access to care.

Objectives

To examine differences in admission to inpatient rehabilitation centers for patients hospitalized for violent penetrating (VP) injuries compared with motor vehicle crash (MVC) injuries.

Design, setting, and participants

This mixed-methods retrospective qualitative study used data obtained from hospital records from 2015 to 2021. Data analysis occurred between July and December 2023. The study was performed at Bo

SUBMITTER: Georges MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11979725 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature