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Emergency department visits and emergency-to-inpatient admissions for abnormal uterine bleeding in the USA nationwide.

Jessica GrubmanMitzi HawkinsSara WhetstoneMeg AutryAnn LazarGeorge F SawayaVanessa Jacoby
Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2022)
Our study highlights the ED as an essential place of care for women with AUB while also demonstrating the importance of access to outpatient gynaecology services as some AUB-related ED visits may be preventable with outpatient care. The significant demographic and hospital system differences, as well as expected clinical differences, between women with AUB admitted to inpatient and women discharged from the ED imply structural biases impacting AUB-related ED care and add to the deepening understanding of health disparities.
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