Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department restraint use: A multicenter retrospective analysis.
Jossie A Carreras TartakNicholas BrisbonSarah WilkieThomas D SequistImoigele P AisikuAli RajaWendy L Macias-KonstantopoulosPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2021)
Black/African American and Hispanic patients under an involuntary mandatory emergency psychiatric evaluation hold order experience higher rates of physical restraint in the ED. Factors contributing to racial disparities in the use of physical restraint, including the potential role of structural racism and other forms of bias, merits further investigation.
Keyphrases
- african american
- emergency department
- mental health
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- physical activity
- stress induced
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- public health
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk assessment
- cross sectional
- affordable care act
- patient reported outcomes
- human health
- health insurance
- adverse drug