Disparities in Pediatric Emergency Department Revisits Within 7 Days by Disease Process.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify disease processes in which patients experienced the greatest rates of emergency department (ED) revisit disparities by race, ethnicity, language, insurance, and Childhood Opportunity Index.

Methods

We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional study of ED visits at a comprehensive pediatric health system encompassing three EDs. We included all pediatric (0 to 18 y) ED encounters that led to a discharge home (2018 to 2022). The primary outcome was ED revisit within 7 days of the index encounter. We performed multivariable logistic regression to assess the relationship between diagnoses, patient demographics, and 7-day ED revisit.

Results

There were 1,008,651 total ED encounters included [53% (n = 529,960) were male]. Of all encounters, 52,176 (5.2

SUBMITTER: Mehta SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12925355 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature