Association of race/ethnicity with emergency department wait times

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  James, Catherine A ^a   Bourgeois, Florence T ^b   Shannon, Michael W ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Emergency department; Race ethnicity; Wait time

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISPANIC; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 20344394936     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1541     Document Type: Article

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