Table 4.
Associations with Vignette Responses and Race of the Child Presented
| Question Category | Treatment recommendationa | Physicians/Advanced Practice Providers | ||||||
| American Indian | White | Pb | ||||||
| N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |||
| (1) Asthma Control | Work note + Acetaminophen | 30 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 24 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.21 |
| Decline + Follow-up PCP | 25 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 18 | 3.2 | 1.2 | ||
| (2) Pain Control | Ibuprofen | 26 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 27 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.53 |
| Intra-nasal fentanyl | 24 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 26 | 3.2 | 1.1 | ||
| (3) Pain Control | Oxycodone | 24 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 30 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.68 |
| Ibuprofen | 22 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 29 | 3.0 | 1.0 | ||
| (4) Asthma Control | Refer to pulmonary | 28 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 24 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.12 |
| Refer back to PCP | 26 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 25 | 3.6 | 1.0 | ||
| Question Category | Treatment recommendationa | Nurses | ||||||
| American Indian | White | |||||||
| N | Mean | SD | N | Mean | SD | |||
| (1) Asthma Control | Work note | 47 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 36 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.03 |
| Decline + Follow-up PCP | 40 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 34 | 3.4 | 1.2 | ||
| (2) Pain Control | None | 37 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 36 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.91 |
| Ibuprofen | 40 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 39 | 3.7 | 1.1 | ||
| (3) Pain Control | Recommend Oxycodone | 32 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 46 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 0.23 |
| Recommend Ibuprofen | 32 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 39 | 2.9 | 1.2 | ||
| (4) Asthma Control | No treatment, Triage 4 on ESI | 36 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 41 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.74 |
| Albuterol, Triage 3 on ESI | 33 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 36 | 2.2 | 1.0 | ||
a
More empathetic treatment option presented in italics.
b
P-value for interaction between race and type of recommendation with a random effect for study site