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Race/ethnicity and asthma management among adults presenting to the emergency department |
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| Authors: | Arvind Venkat Kohei Hasegawa Jeanne M. Basior Cameron Crandall Megan Healy P. Charles Inboriboon Ashley F. Sullivan Carlos A. Camargo Jr |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA;2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Buffalo General Medical Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA;4. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA;5. Department of Emergency Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;6. Department of Emergency Medicine, Truman Medical Center Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| Abstract: | We investigated whether racial/ethnic disparities exist in asthma management among 1785 adults requiring emergency department (ED) treatment. In this multicentre study, non‐Hispanic blacks with increased chronic asthma severity were only as likely (P > 0.05) as non‐Hispanic whites or Hispanics to utilize controller medications or see asthma specialists before ED presentation and to be prescribed recommended inhaled corticosteroids at ED discharge. Improved ED education on evidence‐based chronic disease management is needed to address continuing race/ethnicity‐based asthma disparities. |
| Keywords: | adults asthma exacerbation emergency department quality of care race/ethnicity |