Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Management of Pain Among Children Diagnosed with Long Bone Fractures in Pediatric Emergency Departments

Abstract

Purpose: Racial/ethnic disparities in the management of pain among children in the emergency department (ED) setting have been previously documented. Because long bone fractures are commonly managed in the ED setting, we performed this multi-institutional study to test the hypotheses that minority children (non-Hispanic [NH] black, Hispanic, Other) with long bone fractures are 1) less likely to receive analgesics, 2) less likely to receive opioids, and 3) less likely to achieve pain reduction than NH white children. Methods: We performed a retrospective …