We investigated whether racial/ethnic disparities exist in asthma management among 1785 adults requiring emergency department (ED) treatment. In this multicentre study, non-Hispanic blacks with increased chronic asthma severity were only as likely (P > 0.05) as non-Hispanic whites or Hispanics to utilize controller medications or see asthma specialists before ED presentation and to be prescribed recommended inhaled corticosteroids at ED discharge. Improved ED education on evidence-based chronic disease management is needed to address continuing race/ethnicity-based asthma disparities.
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Venkat, A., Hasegawa, K., Basior, J. M., Crandall, C., Healy, M., Inboriboon, P. C., … Camargo, C. A. (2015). Race/ethnicity and asthma management among adults presenting to the emergency department. Respirology, 20(6), 994–997. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.12572
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