Racial and sex differences in emergency department triage assessment and test ordering for chest pain, 1997-2006

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 801-808

  López, Lenny ^a,b,c,d,e   Wilper, Andrew P ^f,g   Cervantes, Marina C ^a,c   Betancourt, Joseph R ^a,c,d   Green, Alexander R ^a,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Disparities Solutions Center   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Coronary disease; Diagnosis; Ethnic groups; Tests; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHEST PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955761577     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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