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We examined how attendee ethnicity influenced outcomes of emergency care in unselected patients presenting with a gastrointestinal (GI) disorder.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A descriptive, retrospective cohort analysis of anonymised patient level data for University Hospitals of Leicester emergency department attendees, from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2021, receiving a diagnosis of a GI disorder was performed. The primary exposure of interest was self-reported ethnicity, and the two outcomes studied were admission to hospital and whether patients underwent clinical investigations. Confounding variables including sex and age, deprivation index and illness acuity were adjusted for in the analysis. Chi-squared and Kruskal\u2013Wallis tests were used to examine ethnic differences across outcome measures and covariates. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine associations between ethnicity and outcome measures.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Of 34,337 individuals, median age 43\u00a0years, identified as attending the ED with a GI disorder, 68.6% were White. Minority ethnic patients were significantly younger than White patients. Multiple emergency department attendance rates were similar for all ethnicities (overall 18.3%). White patients had the highest median number of investigations (6, IQR 3\u20137), whereas those from mixed ethnic groups had the lowest (2, IQR 0\u20136). After adjustment for age, sex, year of attendance, index of multiple deprivation and illness acuity, all ethnic minority groups remained significantly less likely to be investigated for their presenting illness compared to White patients (Asian: aOR 0.80, 95% CI 0.74\u20130.87; Black: 0.67, 95% CI 0.58\u20130.79; mixed: 0.71, 95% CI 0.59\u20130.86; other: 0.79, 95% CI 0.67\u20130.93; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001 for all). Similarly, after adjustment, minority ethnic attendees were also significantly less likely to be admitted to hospital (Asian: aOR 0.63, 95% CI 0.60\u20130.67; Black: 0.60, 95% CI 0.54\u20130.68; mixed: 0.60, 95% CI 0.51\u20130.71; other: 0.61, 95% CI 0.54\u20130.69; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001 for all).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Significant differences in usage patterns and disparities in acute care outcomes for patients of different ethnicities with GI disorders were observed in this study. These differences persisted after adjustment both for confounders and for measures of deprivation and illness acuity and indicate that minority ethnic individuals are less likely to be investigated or admitted to hospital than White patients.\n<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12916-024-03490-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,2]],"date-time":"2024-07-02T06:02:49Z","timestamp":1719900169000},"update-policy":"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Ethnicity and outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal disorders attending an emergency department serving a multi-ethnic population"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Christopher A.","family":"Martin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tim","family":"Coats","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Manish","family":"Pareek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kamlesh","family":"Khunti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ruw","family":"Abeyratne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nigel J.","family":"Brunskill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"3490_CR1","unstructured":"The NHS Long Term Plan. 2019. https:\/\/www.longtermplan.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/nhs-long-term-plan-version-1.2.pdf. 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