Association of Race and Ethnicity With Emergency Room Rate of Migraine Diagnosis, Testing, and Management in Children With Headache
NHB and HL children in the pediatric ED with headache receive fewer migraine diagnoses, less testing, and less intensive treatment compared with NHW children. Beyond affecting headache management, this inequity in migraine diagnosis requires further consideration to include children from marginalized racial and ethnic groups in future migraine research.
Authors
- Kendall Nash
- Marissa Anto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5923-2285)
- Mahendranath Moharir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1440-0641)
- Melissa Hutchinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5707-4869)
- Nicholas S. Abend (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6166-2663)
- Jennifer R. Marín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3090-664X)
- Juan Piantino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-5709)
- Jamie Palaganas
- Ricka Messer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9003-5896)
- Danielle Kellier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-3468)
- Christina L. Szperka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-8889)
- Craig A. Press (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4435-206X)
- Elizabeth Wells
- Matt Hall
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- Oregon Health & Science University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- George Washington University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- New York Hospital Queens (US)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (US)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- Children's Hospital Association (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurology
- Published
- 2025-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000213351
- Primary Topic
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00