Examining emergency department inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand: Findings from a national retrospective observational study examining Indigenous emergency care outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is increasing evidence that EDs may not operate equitably for all patients, with Indigenous and minoritised ethnicity patients experiencing longer wait times for assessment, differential pain management and less evaluation and treatment of acute conditions.

Methods

This retrospective observational study used a Kaupapa Māori framework to investigate ED admissions into 18/20 District Health Boards in Aotearoa New Zealand (2006-2012). Key pre-admission variable was ethnicity (Māori:non-Māori), and outcome variables included: ED self-discharge; ED arrival to assessment time; hospital re-admission within 72 h; ED re-presentation within 72 h; ED length of stay; ward length of stay; access block and mortality (in ED or within 10 days of ED departure). Generalised li

SUBMITTER: Curtis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9293399 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature