Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Pain Treatment: Evidence From Oregon Emergency Medical Services Agencies.

Background: Despite the critical role that Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provides in the health care system, racial/ethnic treatment disparities in EMS remain relatively unexamined.

Objective: To investigate racial/ethnic treatment disparities in pain assessment and pain medication administration in EMS.

Research Design: A retrospective analysis was performed on 25,732 EMS encounters from 2015 to 2017 recorded in the Oregon Emergency Medical Services Information System using multivariate logistic regression models to examine the role of patient race/ethnicity in pain assessment and pain medication administration among patients with a traumatic injury.

Physical therapist vs. family practitioner knowledge of simple low back pain management in the U.S. Air Force.

The purpose of this study was to compare knowledge in managing low back pain (LBP) between physical therapists and family practice physicians. Fifty-four physical therapists and 130 family practice physicians currently serving in the U.S.