Orthopaedic emergencies - associations between race, gender, insurance type, and hospital admission
Key Points
The research aims to explore how race, gender, age, and insurance type influence hospital admissions for orthopaedic emergencies.
Analyzed data on orthopaedic injuries and hospital admissions.
Evaluated associations for race, gender, and insurance type.
Controlled for the type of orthopaedic injury during analysis.
Race, age, and insurance type are significant predictors of hospital admission.
Certain racial and gender groups experience different rates of admission.
Insurance type influences the likelihood of being admitted for treatment.
Abstract
This study demonstrates that even accounting for type of orthopaedic injury, race, age, and insurance are independently associated with hospital admission in the setting of orthopaedic emergencies.