2023
Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care
Sangal R, Su H, Khidir H, Parwani V, Liebhardt B, Pinker E, Meng L, Venkatesh A, Ulrich A. Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency Department Care. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2326338. PMID: 37505495, PMCID: PMC10383013, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.26338.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCross-sectional studyHigh acuityPatient demographicsSame acuityLatino ethnicityNon-Hispanic raceEmergency department careBed placementTime of triageNon-Hispanic blacksNon-Hispanic whitesED visitsPrimary outcomeED arrivalED patientsMedicaid insuranceMean ageTriage acuityStudy visitAcuity patientsSociodemographic disparitiesED outcomesHigher oddsMAIN OUTCOMECare access
2022
Rising high‐acuity emergency care services independently billed by advanced practice providers, 2013 to 2019
Gettel C, Schuur J, Mullen J, Venkatesh A. Rising high‐acuity emergency care services independently billed by advanced practice providers, 2013 to 2019. Academic Emergency Medicine 2022, 30: 89-98. PMID: 36334276, PMCID: PMC10973948, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvanced practice providersEmergency care servicesCare servicesClinician typeED encountersClinician levelPractice providersHigh acuityEM physiciansHigh-acuity visitsRepeated cross-sectional analysisHigh-acuity servicesEmergency medicine workforceCross-sectional analysisEmergency cliniciansPractice patternsLow acuityRelative increaseEmergency careAcuity levelsMedicare Part BAcuityOutcome proportionsPhysiciansOne-third