Key result
Race and ethnicity reporting in patient safety studies was inconsistent, with only 8 of 24 included studies adjusting for confounders, leading to mixed evidence on disparities in adverse events.
Systematic Review (n=24)
Evidence on racial and ethnic disparities in patient safety in the US remains mixed, largely due to methodological limitations such as poor stratification and failure to account for hospital-level variations.
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Mixed evidence on racial disparities in patient safety precludes practice changes; standardized reporting and confounder adjustment needed in future studies.
Okoroh et al. (2014) conducted a systematic review in Patient safety and adverse events (n=24). Race and ethnicity was evaluated on Reporting of race/ethnicity and adjustment for confounders in patient safety studies. Race and ethnicity reporting in patient safety studies was inconsistent, with only 8 of 24 included studies adjusting for confounders, leading to mixed evidence on disparities in adverse events.
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