Racial/ethnic disparities in emergency department waiting time for stroke patients in the United States

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-40

  Karve, Sudeep J ^a,b   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^c   Mohammad, Yousef M ^d   Levine, Deborah A ^e,f  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department waiting time; ethnicity; physician evaluation time; racial disparities; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WAITING TIME; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE PATIENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650695325     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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