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Fact Based List:
Racial Disparities in Pediatric Readmission Rates for Chronic Disease
Submitted By ASchreiber, Created 05/01/2017 - 11:46
- Non-Latino white patients accounted for the majority of readmissions for migraines (56.4%)
- Non-Latino black patients registered the highest percentage of asthma readmissions (43.2%)
- Non-Latino white patients accounted for the majority of readmissions for depression (67.9%)
- Non-Latino black patients had 1.6 higher odds than white patients of being readmitted for diabetes.
- 56.4% of readmissions for seizures were in non-Latino white patients.
Source: Children's National, April 25, 2017
Source URL: https://childrensnational.org/news-and-events/childrens-news...