ArticleDisability and health journal2022
Emergency department utilization among deaf and hard-of-hearing patients: A retrospective chart review.
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- Facilitating pain assessment and communication in people with deafness: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Health service use, health outcomes and treatment costs of adults with a cochlear implant: a retrospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Do's and Don'ts of Taking Care of Deaf Patients.Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Deaf culture awareness among physicians and advanced practice providers in the emergency department: A multicenter study.AEM education and training · 2024Article
- Cesarean birth and adverse birth outcomes among sub-populations of deaf and hard-of-hearing people.Disability and health journal · 2024Article
- Best Practices for Treating Blind and Visually Impaired Patients in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Integrating Transformative Considerations and Quantitative Results through a Participant Selection Joint Display in Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Studies.Journal of mixed methods research · 2024Article
- Emergency department patient-centred care perspectives from deaf and hard-of-hearing patients.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- Use of Routine Emergency Department Care Practices with Deaf American Sign Language Users.The Journal of emergency medicine · 2023Observational
- Healthcare communication access among deaf and hard-of-hearing people during pregnancy.Patient education and counseling · 2023Article
- Emergency department condition acuity, length of stay, and revisits among deaf and hard-of-hearing patients: A retrospective chart review.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2022Observational
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Abstract
backgroundDeaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) patients are an underserved priority population. Existing, although contextually limited, findings indicate that DHH patients are more likely to use the emergency department (ED) than non-DHH patients. However, little attention has been given to the differences in ED utilization by patients' language modalities.
objectiveWe hypothesized that DHH ASL-users and DHH English speakers would have higher rates of ED utilization in the past 36 months than non-DHH English speakers.
methodsWe used a retrospective chart review design using data from a large academic medical center in the southeastern United States. In total, 277 DHH ASL-users, 1000 DHH English speakers, and 1000 non-DHH English speakers were included. We used logistic regression and zero-inflated modeling to assess relations between patient segment and ED utilization in the past 12- and 36-months. We describe primary ED visit diagnosis codes using AHRQ Clinical Classifications Software.
resultsDHH ASL users and DHH English speakers had higher adjusted odds ratios of using the ED in the past 36-months than non-DHH English speakers (aORs = 1.790 and 1.644, respectively). Both DHH ASL users and DHH English speakers had a higher frequency of ED visits among patients who used the ED in the past 36-months (61.0% and 70.1%, respectively). The most common principal diagnosis code was for abdominal pain, with DHH English speakers making up over half of all abdominal pain encounters.
conclusionsDHH ASL users and DHH English speakers are at higher risk of using the ED compared to non-DHH English speakers. We call for additional attention on DHH patients in health services and ED utilization research.
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