Leaving the emergency department without complete care: disparities in American Indian children

• Main Authors: Tess L. Weber (Author), Katherine M. Ziegler (Author), Anupam B. Kharbanda (Author), Nathaniel R. Payne (Author), Chad Birger (Author), Susan E. Puumala (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Children who leave the emergency department (ED) without complete evaluation or care (LWCET) have poorer outcomes in general. Previous studies have found that American Indian (AI) children have higher rates of LWCET than other racial or ethnic groups. Therefore, this study aims t...