Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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The presence of racial and ethnic disparities in interhospital transfer (IHT) within integrated healthcare systems has not been fully explored. We matched Black and Latinx patients admitted to community hospitals in our integrated healthcare system between June 2015 and December 2019 to White patients by origin hospital, age, time of year, and disease severity. We performed conditional logistic regression models to determine if race or ethnicity was associated with IHT in one of the tertiary academic medical centers in the system, adjusting for covariates. ⋯ White odds ratio [OR]: 0.87, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.72-1.07; Latinx vs. White OR: 1.05, 95% CI: 0.79-1.40). This may be due to reduced barriers to transfer with an integrated healthcare system.
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Joint ESPGHAN/NASPGHAN Guidelines on Childhood Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Beyond Eosinophilic Esophagitis RELEASE DATE: July 4, 2023 (e-publication ahead of print) PRIOR VERSION(S): None DEVELOPER: European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) and the North American Society for Pediatrics Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) FUNDING SOURCE: ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN TARGET POPULATION: Children with eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders beyond eosinophilic esophagitis.