Open AccessPediatric Injury Outcomes in Racial/Ethnic Minorities in California
Author(s) -
Michelle Ramírez,
David C. Chang,
Stephen W. Bickler
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/2013.jamasurg.3
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , odds ratio , demography , comorbidity , retrospective cohort study , odds , multivariate analysis , gerontology , pediatrics , logistic regression , sociology , anthropology
Differences in health outcomes are well documented in adult racial/ethnic minorities. We hypothesize that similar differences exist in pediatric racial/ethnic minorities because their care is a function of their parents' access. We investigated this issue by examining pediatric injury outcomes in California.
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