Names-based classification of accident and emergency department users |
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| Authors: | Petersen Jakob Longley Paul Gibin Maurizio Mateos Pablo Atkinson Philip |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Geography and Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK;bNHS Southwark, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ, UK;cDepartment of Geography, Environment and Development Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper studies differential healthcare utilisation by ethnic group. Administrative records of nearly 100,000 users of an Inner London accident and emergency (A&E) facility were analysed using an innovative names-based ethnicity classification. Adult repeated ‘light’ usage (i.e. with no hospitalisation or follow-up) did not differ according to ethnic group. Users from ethnic minorities had lower GP registration rates than the majority reference group. However, lack of GP registration was not associated with repeated light use of A&E, overall. Therefore, these results challenge common perceptions of differential A&E access rates by ethnicity. |
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| Keywords: | Ethnicity Names Accident and emergency Healthcare services London |
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