Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Acute Care Use for Pediatric Asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Previous work has shown that asthma-related emergency department (ED) use is greatest among Black and Latine populations, but it is unknown whether health care use for exacerbations differs across settings (outpatient, ED, inpatient) and correlates with use of routine outpatient services. We aimed to measure disparities by race, ethnicity, and language in pediatric acute asthma care using data from US primary care community health centers.

Methods

In an observational study using electronic health records from community health centers in 18 states, we compared non-Hispanic Black, English-preferring Latine, Spanish-preferring Latine, and non-Hispanic White children aged 3 to 17 years on visits for clinic-coded asthma exacerbations (2012-2018). We further evaluated asth

SUBMITTER: Kaufmann J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8959738 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature