Racial and ethnic disparities in obstetric anesthesia

Abstract Racial and ethnic disparities are prevalent within healthcare and have persisted despite advances in medicine and public health. Disparities have been described in the use of neuraxial labor analgesia, with minority women being less likely to use neuraxial labor analgesia than non-minority...

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Published in:Seminars in perinatology 2017-08, Vol.41 (5), p.293-298
Main Authors: Lange, Elizabeth M.S., MD, Rao, Suman, MD, Toledo, Paloma, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesia, Obstetrical - methods
Analgesia, Obstetrical - statistics & numerical data
Anesthesia, Obstetrical - methods
Anesthesia, Obstetrical - statistics & numerical data
Causality
Cesarean Section - methods
Delivery, Obstetric - methods
Disparities
Ethnicity
Female
Healthcare Disparities - ethnology
Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
Obstetric anesthesia
Pregnancy
Racial Groups
Regional anesthesia
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Summary:Abstract Racial and ethnic disparities are prevalent within healthcare and have persisted despite advances in medicine and public health. Disparities have been described in the use of neuraxial labor analgesia, with minority women being less likely to use neuraxial labor analgesia than non-minority white women. Minority women are also more likely to have a general anesthetic for cesarean delivery than non-minority women. The origins of these disparities are likely multi-factorial, with patient-, provider-, and systems-level contributors. The purpose of this article is to give an overview of disparities in obstetric anesthesia.
ISSN:0146-0005
1558-075X
DOI:10.1053/j.semperi.2017.04.006