1. Is all pain is treated equally? A multicenter evaluation of acute pain care by age
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Hwang, Ula, Belland, Laura K, Handel, Daniel A, Yadav, Kabir, Heard, Kennon, RiveraReyes, Laura, Eisenberg, Amanda, Noble, Matthew J, Mekala, Sudha, Valley, Morgan, Winkel, Gary, Todd, Knox H, and Morrison, Sean R
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Research ,Chronic Pain ,Pain Research ,Aging ,Health and social care services research ,8.1 Organisation and delivery of services ,7.3 Management and decision making ,Management of diseases and conditions ,Musculoskeletal ,Acute Pain ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Age Factors ,Aged ,Aged ,80 and over ,Analgesics ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Electronic Health Records ,Female ,Humans ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Observation ,Pain Measurement ,Retrospective Studies ,Young Adult ,Acute pain care ,Emergency department ,Geriatrics ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Anesthesiology ,Biomedical and clinical sciences ,Health sciences ,Psychology - Abstract
Pain is highly prevalent in health care settings; however, disparities continue to exist in pain care treatment. Few studies have investigated if differences exist based on patient-related characteristics associated with aging. The objective of this study was to determine if there are differences in acute pain care for older vs younger patients. This was a multicenter, retrospective, cross-sectional observation study of 5 emergency departments across the United States evaluating the 2 most commonly presenting pain conditions for older adults, abdominal and fracture pain. Multivariable adjusted hierarchical modeling was completed. A total of 6,948 visits were reviewed. Older (⩾ 65 years) and oldest (⩾ 85 years) were less likely to receive analgesics compared to younger patients (
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- 2014