Association between race and ethnicity and delirium incidence in acute care

Affiliations

¹ Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
² Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, The Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
³ CIGNA, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Center for Research on Racial Trauma and Community Healing, The Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
⁵ Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Robert S Dicks et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Dec.

. 2024 Dec;72(12):3917-3919.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.19134. Epub 2024 Aug 14.

¹ Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
² Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, The Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
³ CIGNA, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Center for Research on Racial Trauma and Community Healing, The Institute of Living, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
⁵ Hartford HealthCare, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

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