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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedHanchate AD, Paasche-Orlow MK, Baker WE
Association of race/ethnicity with emergency department destination of emergency medical services transport.
The authors examined the patterns of emergency department (ED) destination of emergency medical services (EMS) transport according to patient race/ethnicity and compared the patterns between those transported by EMS and those who did not draw on EMS. Using Medicare claims data, they found race/ethnicity variation in ED destination for patients using EMS transport, with black and Hispanic patients more likely to be transported to a safety-net hospital ED compared with white patients living in the same zip code.
AHRQ-funded; HS022242.
Citation: Hanchate AD, Paasche-Orlow MK, Baker WE .
Association of race/ethnicity with emergency department destination of emergency medical services transport.
JAMA Netw Open 2019 Sep 4;2(9):e1910816. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.10816..
Keywords: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Department, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Medicare, Disparities
Kindermann DR, Mutter RL, Houchens RL
AHRQ Author: Mutter RL
The transfer instability index: a novel metric of emergency department transfer relationships.
The researchers developed the “transfer instability index” to describe sending hospitals’ relationships with receiving hospitals. They found that emergency departments with a greater share of publicly insured patients had a greater transfer instability index, which may indicate less stable, protocolized, and regionalized transfer relationships.
AHRQ-funded; 290201300002C.
Citation: Kindermann DR, Mutter RL, Houchens RL .
The transfer instability index: a novel metric of emergency department transfer relationships.
Acad Emerg Med 2015 Feb;22(2):166-71. doi: 10.1111/acem.12589..
Keywords: Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Department, Transitions of Care, Medicaid, Medicare