Examining emergency department inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand: Findings from a national retrospective observational study examining Indigenous emergency care outcomes.
Elana CurtisSarah-Jane PaineYannan JiangPeter G JonesInia TomashOlivia HealeyPapaarangi ReidPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2021)
To our knowledge, this is the most comprehensive investigation of acute outcomes by ethnicity to date in New Zealand. We found ED mortality inequities that are unlikely to be explained by ED process measures or comorbidities. Our findings reinforce the need to investigate health professional bias and institutional racism within an acute care context.
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