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Why this matters?

Sexual and gender minority patients report higher satisfaction and comfort with ED encounters when SO/GI is collected along with other demographic information via a nonverbal, written method during patient registration.

Publication Date

10-2023

Keywords

Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Patient Communication, Equality, Emergency Department, Patient Care

Disciplines

Community Health | Emergency Medicine | Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication | Health Communication

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This research summary is provided by the REACH Dissemination Committee based on a full study created by others.

Project Collaborators include key personnel and advisory panel members that represent the three largest health systems in Maine, The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Council on Aging, Community Care Partnership of Maine, and Maine Area Health Education Center.

This program has been funded in part by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Please visit: Comparing Ways to Ask Patients about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Emergency Room -- The EQUALITY Study | PCORI for the full study.

Haider A, Schneider E, Schuur J, et al. (2019). Comparing Ways to Ask Patients about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Emergency Room—The EQUALITY Study. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). https://doi.org/10.25302/7.2019.AD.110114IC

Comparing Ways to Ask Patients about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Emergency Department (ED)

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