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.